Reincarnated as an affinity-less hero, the quest to become the strongest!

Chapter 32: Agony

"...I only have to survive..."

4 minutes...

I turned to Myria and said decisively...

"Leave this to me..."

Of course, Myria seemed to be against this, but in the end, she made no more fuss as I turned to Scarlet once again...

As I stared deep into Scarlet's lifeless eyes I began analyzing my situation...

'Based on what Scarlet told me... her skill only lasts 5 minutes before collapsing... So the most logical move for me would be to run away... But... if I do that the demon king will just take her away again... Keeping myself near until the last moment is undeniably important to rescue Scarlet...'

According to that, the demon king would have to force Scarlet to turn this fight into a short one...

And of course, Scarlet wouldn't be able to play the waiting game as I was doing right now... So, following expectations...

"[Demonic Summon]"

As Scarlet chanted, strange, ominous, dark clouds began to seep from cracks in the ground...

The ominous clouds then began to clump together like ooze as it began forming physical bodies all around me...

At first, it was just one or two horrible gray demons emerging from the black clouds... yet more and more followed...

And before I knew it, Scarlet had an army of tens if not hundreds of lower-leveled demons behind her...

A quick thought entered my mind as both, Myria and I stared at the growling army of different sized and shaped demons...

'That power... She really is the demon princess huh?'

Without, even having to think twice, I began charging straight towards Scarlet...

But I wasn't getting to her so easily...

One after another... demons began running towards in futile attempts to attack me...

But, as I stopped running towards Scarlet, I suddenly stopped as I gripped Boukyaku tighter... I was allowing the demons to draw closer...

'I won't be able to get anything done if these become a distraction...'

As the demons steadily approached from all angles I could see Myria's distress... She seemed to be quite worried... yet I wasn't in the smallest bit...

All I was doing... I was doing it for Scarlet... All of my effort right now... my pain... my tears... it was all for her... And if I allowed for some simple demons to beat me... I wouldn't be able to call myself her friend anymore...

And as I lowered my head with the demons growing closer...

I finally made my move...

*SWISH*

As blood, entrails, and head splattered across the floor, I was now standing before Scarlet around a blood-tainted floor

In a single swift move, I had swirled around with Boukyaku, killing every single demon in my vicinity...

...

In the end, the entire army was decimated by me in a single spin with my sword...

But as I regained my footing from my spin, I could clearly hear Scarlet beginning to chant once more:

"[Umbra Beam]"

I was taken aback, as Scarlet effortlessly concentrated a huge amount of magic around her hands. And, consequently... she fired it off in an inhuman span of time...