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009

chapter nine

🕊️ flames from shizu 🕊️

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Thick flames that shot up into the sky formed a massive swirl of smoke and ashes in the skies - covering the once-clear blue sky with thick heavy black smoke. Kumiho who wasn't going to come later than usual to their parting ways was quickly alerted when she saw the smoke.

The fox ran towards where the smoke came from just in time to see Shizu floating with transparent purple flames that portrayed her floating hair - she was the one who was making all the fire, she was the one who emitted it.

Kumiho ran beside Rimuru who was now on the ground, "Ru-nii! What's wrong with her!?" She asked as the slime stared at the masked girl worriedly, "I don't know!! She just collapsed and burst into flames!!"

"Shizu!! Shizu!!" Elen shouted anxiously as she stared worriedly towards the masked girl - the mask prevented the others from seeing what was her expression behind it. "Shizu? Shizue Izawa??" Canal exclaimed as he started to realize who the masked girl's identity was.

"Did you say Shizue Izawa? The Conqueror of Flames?" Gido added.

"Oh? Isn't she the hero from the guild that appeared 50 years ago?" Kumiho told Rimuru, questioning her sentence as the three humans finally realized who the mysterious Shizu's identity was, "That's Shizu? The Conqueror..."

"Isn't she retired by now?" Canal furrowed his eyebrows, watching how the masked girl floated high above the guard while being inside the huge tower of bright red flames.

"Rigurd and Rigur." Rimuru exclaimed, catching the two hobgoblin's attention, "Take everyone away from here."

"But..." "Lord Rimuru!"

"I command you."

"Yes! As you wish!" The two hobgoblins run away from the scene, going to evacuate the other goblins away from the area so they won't get any bad impacts if there are going to be any.

"Ranga, are you there?" Rimuru asked telepathically, alerting both Ranga's and Raiden's attention - as well as Kumiho who was able to hear their conversation, "I'm here my master!" The Tempest Wolf replied from inside the slime's shadow.

"I'll need you once it begins." "Okay!"

"Raiden! I need you too, alright?" Kumiho exclaimed, glancing at her shadow to which the wolf replied positively, "Got it, master!"

Due to the harsh wind that Shizu created with her flame tornado, the cracked mask on her face fell in front of Rimuru and Kumiho - revealing her current expression. Her used-to-be white sclera turned into a glowing red color while her irises turned into a glowing yellow color.

But then, she started tearing up - tears dropping down while her stoic and nonchalant face remained present on her face. It was as if her mind was being controlled by someone who forced her to do these things.

The once flame tower that she was in turned into an opaque fireball that surrounded her before it disappeared and revealed a demon - not the girl. He has smokey black skin, long sharp horns, bright red hair color, and flame emitting from his body.