The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~ - Chapter 204

The golden flames that never fade consumed Volker, reducing him to ashes that scattered in the wind.

“He’s dead, right?”

Hearing a voice, I turned around to see Merell standing there.

“Yeah.”

“Uh, um, could you do something about your eyes and magic? They’re scary… And while you’re at it, your claws too…”

At her request, I suppressed my magic energy.

“With this, we’ve taken down the source of all evil.”

“Yes… I never expected it to be a human…”

“That’s why I told you. It’s about the individual, not the race. Even a reincarnator can turn out like that.”

“Yes. And there are monsters like you as well.”

Don’t call me a monster.

“Master, are you okay?”

“Are you alright!?”

The two little ones came running with Koma-chan and started rubbing my stomach.

“I’m fine, but can you use Heal or something?”

“That’s Natalia’s specialty.”

“Just Natalia, huh…”

So, in other words, they can’t use it.

Well, I guess I’ll just have Natalia heal me when we get back.

“Alright, a lot happened, but we still have work to do.”

“Wasn’t there that monster from hell?”

AI-chan confirmed.

“Apparently. I wonder what it’s like… Leanne, can you head north?”

“Yes, I can. But you should rest a bit first.”

Well, it’s supposed to arrive tomorrow night.

We still have a day.

“Alright… Before heading back, take me to the coastline near the port. There’s nothing left for us here, and I’m curious about the reinforcements’ ships.”

“Understood. Please, touch me.”

As she said that, she extended both arms, so I picked her up.

As I held her, I caught her scent—it was nothing like that bandit’s.

“Let’s go.”

With that, AI-chan and Merell also touched Leanne, and we teleported to the coastline.

The port area was brightly lit, and Big Spider-chan was rampaging.

“Wow, it’s going wild…”

“It’s fighting the soldiers. But they don’t stand a chance.”

Merell spoke with a disgusted expression.

“Big Centipede-chan is there too.”

“We’re done here. Most of the ships are already out of sight.”

Indeed, the once numerous warships had all but disappeared.

“Shall we unsummon them…?”

I erased Big Spider-chan and Big Centipede-chan in the distance.

“Thank you. This should make things manageable now.”

Merell expressed gratitude.

“Yeah… So, what will you do now?”

“This is goodbye. I’ll go inform my comrades that Volker is dead. Without their leader, they’re just a bunch of bandits. They should fall apart soon enough.”

“I see… Well, good luck.”

“My role ends here. I’ve done enough. I’ll take my leave and head to Sven-sama.”

Well, she did work hard enough.

“Make sure you tell Sven properly.”

“I will. I’ll tell him you’re dead and that the army is gone.”

Will he even believe that?

“Well, I’ll leave it to you.”

“Yes. Then… I hope we never meet again. Thank you for treating me to a meal.”

Merell bowed her head and walked toward the town.

“She made it out alive, huh…”

“Even though she was such an obvious death flag…”

“I really thought Volker would kill her…”

Right?

“Shut up, you cheating bastard and useless women! You’ll get yours! Go fight among yourselves and fall into disaster! Idiots!”

Merell spat those words and ran off.

“She finally managed to get a parting shot in, huh…”

“She really doesn’t seem like she’s going to die anytime soon…”

AI-chan and Leanne sighed in exasperation.

“Let’s head back to our room for now.”

“Understood.”

We left the scene and teleported back.

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When we returned to the room, everyone was waiting inside the kotatsu.

We took off our shoes, sat in our usual spots, and slid into the warmth of the kotatsu.

“How did it go?”

As soon as we got in, Annie asked.

“Before that, Natalia, please use Heal on Master. He was kicked in the abdomen.”

“What!? Are you okay!?”

AI-chan’s request made Natalia gasp in shock.

“His life isn’t in danger, but it’s a serious injury. He’s trying to tough it out, but his ribs are broken.”

…Huh?

Seriously!? My ribs are broken!?

Sure, it hurts like hell, but was the impact really that strong…?

“Broken ribs!? That’s bad!”

Natalia stood up and came over to me.

Then, she placed her hands on my abdomen.

“Heal!”

As she cast the healing spell, warmth spread through my painful abdomen, and gradually, the pain disappeared.

“Yuuma, drink this.”

Annie suddenly pulled out a small vial filled with a purple liquid from who knows where.

“What is this? It looks poisonous…”

“Heal alone can’t completely fix broken bones. This will speed up your recovery.”

I took the small vial as instructed.

“Hmm, this looks so poisonous… Well, even if it were poison, it wouldn’t affect me.”

“Why would I ever give you poison?”

Annie gave me a deadpan stare.

“I know, I know.”

With that, I opened the vial and downed it in one go.

“It doesn’t taste like anything. Is this really working?”

“It’s not an instant effect. You need to rest for ten days. Besides, you already took down that demon general, didn’t you?”

Ten days, huh…

“I did defeat Volker, but there’s still more left to do…”

“What do you mean?”

“I took out the enemy leader, and Big Spider-chan and Big Centipede-chan destroyed the reinforcements’ warships. But apparently, the real reinforcements already set sail and are expected to arrive in Tretta Town by tomorrow night.”

“For real? How did it end up like that?”

I decided to explain everything that had happened to everyone.