The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

456 – Mamon

Ellie, who had been clinging to me for a long time as a princess, finally fully understood the sealing technique of the ruins.

“Stay still and don’t shake the stick!”

In order to destroy the sealing technique, I had no choice but to adjust Ellie’s uncomfortable posture, so I had no choice but to press my body close and touch Ellie’s thighs and waist.

While I was trying to keep any thoughts out of my head, Ellie used her synthesis magic to destroy the ruins as she wanted with incredible destructive power.

Kwaaang──!

The explosion sound was repeated several times, and then I could finally feel a change. In the hazy smoke created by Ellie’s magic, thick magical energy began to mix.

“Ross, can you do it?”

“… “Don’t you usually ask before you do it?”

At my question, Ellie held my neck tighter and laughed like a child.

“Because I believe in it. “I’m sure Ross can do it.”

“… Then keep believing. “I will do great.”

Saying that, I used space magic to safely move to the ground. For some reason, I forced Ellie down, who didn’t want to fall, and took out the mask from the space storage.

“If you need my help, let me know.”

“okay.”

While Ellie was walking away from the ruins, I implemented the Spear of Shadow. I was confident that I could kill Mamon in one blow using the World Tree Spear, but my goal was not to subdue Mamon.

The essence of the artist that was dormant within me absorbed Uricus into the Spear of Shadow. If I use that essence’s power, I will definitely be able to absorb Mammon into the Spear of Shadow.

───!

A huge, earth-shattering roar. Then the road surface was shattered and the ruins were sucked into the ground. A huge arm rose from the ground cracked by the earthquake, and a huge body began to emerge, pushing the ground as if escaping from a swamp.

[Ah, I am finally free from the old bondage. Hehe!]

The raven-headed demon Mamon, whose size was similar to the tallest building in the capital, let out a roar of joy. As a result, the magical power of the surrounding area fluctuated and the road surface around the ruins became distorted.

It’s dangerous. A demon like this would definitely be able to easily destroy a city. Should I say that it is a demon that specializes in sieges? I could see what Ellie meant when she said it was a walking disaster.

Mamon, who was looking around, seemed to have found a city or village, smiled and started walking with a huge rumbling of the ground. Unable to watch it, I used the method Ellie had told me in advance to get Mammon’s attention.

Jalang, jalang-!

The sound of countless gold coins falling to the floor. That small sound, buried in the huge shaking of the earth, made Mamon stop in his tracks.

Swish, the huge raven head turns around.

[Gold, gold coins… ! Where are you, where are you!]

That’s right. Mammon is a devil who has some similarities to Estelle. Precious metals are so eye-catching that there are records of traps being dug using countless precious metals to seal Mammon in the past.

Tsk-ruk-!

When I kicked the gold coins that had spilled on the floor with my foot, Mamon heard the sound and quickly turned his head. The raven’s eyes, full of greed, flashed to the point of chilling.

Quaaang───!

[This is mine!]

I pulled back at the sight of the person trampling the gold coins with their feet, placing my hand on the mask and materializing my essence.

For a moment, the world became strangely quiet. The earth-shattering roar completely disappeared, and I was able to just watch, completely devoid of emotion, as the gold coins spilled all over the floor were lifted up and swallowed.

At that moment, a new definition of Mammon was written in my mind. The artist’s eyes see through what has never been seen before. The Mammon I saw was just a dummy filled with names, many of which were [blank].

The moment my body’s sensations and my heart’s resonance became one with my mind, I realized for myself how I could absorb Mamon into the Spear of Shadow. All you have to do is fill in what is empty. Since a dummy can never be the protagonist of a story, it cannot overcome the ‘importance’ of the Spear of Shadow that appears in the novel.

Using magic power and space magic, he drove a spear of shadow into Mammon’s greedy eyes.

[Kaaagh―――!]

Mamon, holding his bleeding eye, began to tremble and trample on the ruins. I increased my speed and continued to stab the shadow’s spear, but unlike its fragile eyes, Mammon’s skin blocked the spear’s blade like a stone.

[How dare you attack this body!]

A huge arm passed by where I was standing. Everything on the ground was swept away by its arms and disappeared. However, I was already floating in the air by occupying space.

Kwaang–!

It stomped hard with the intention of crushing me, but because it was so huge, I was able to easily avoid the attack by using space magic. She stabbed the spear, looking for a soft spot, but it still bounced back.

[A troublesome bug――!]

One of Mammon’s arms became even bigger. A grotesquely alone arm that was several times thicker struck the entire ruins. Taking advantage of the moment the arm passed by, I used space magic to get out of the range of the attack and stabbed the spear at the eye again, but this time it didn’t work. Thick eyelids blocked the window.

[Die――!]

Still, it seemed like it had a learning effect, as Mamon closed his eyes and waved his arms recklessly. Even with that simple attack, a distant mountain range collapsed as if there had been a major earthquake, and an explosion occurred somewhere.

After checking the hardness of the skin, I realized that I had to use both dimensional leap and intangibility at the same time to break through Mammon’s thick skin. Aiming for the moment when Mamon struck down his arm, I was looking for an opportunity. When the energy of death suddenly passed by, I reflexively used space magic to flee to the farthest place.

Quaaa!

It wasn’t the huge arms that were dangerous. The black ray with the force of a roar coming from Mammon’s mouth was the real attack. A gigantic destructive force that overturns the axis of the earth and a power so powerful that all perceived spatial coordinates disappear. Each of Mamon’s attacks had the destructive power to destroy all terrain blocking his path.

My body automatically recoiled from the shock wave of the light beam. Before another attack followed, I used space magic to escape to Mamon’s feet and, as planned, I used intangibility and dimensional leap at the same time to cut Mamon’s Achilles’ heel.

Pop! Mamon, whose ankles were wide open, let out a scream. The black smoke billowed out and my sprained ankle tried to come back together, but I immediately took out a self-igniting seed from the space warehouse and threw it towards the ankle.

Chiiikik―――!

The moment the fully grown incandescent flower touched Mamon’s ankle while flying through rapid growth, it began to melt the regenerated flesh along with the smell of burning meat.

[Kaaagh――!!!]

After dodging Mamon’s crazy attack, I approached Ellie, who was watching the situation from afar. Ellie, who had been watching the fight with interest, her eyes lit up as I approached. The moment her eyes met, my essence tried to interpret Ellie’s change in its own way, but I instinctively rejected it. This is because I did not want to interpret Ellie as a character from her novel.

I pointed to Mamon, who was scratching his spread ankle with his fingers with the tip of the spear.

“Can you draw Mamon’s attention with magic?”

“okay!”

Ellie seemed happy to be helping me, so she pointed her staff at Mammon without wasting time and prepared the most destructive synthesis magic. After confirming that, I used space magic repeatedly to rise to a height where the giant Mammon looked like a dot.

The most destructive attack I could use was to use a dimensional jump from a high place and hit the ground like a thunderbolt. In particular, the destructive power could be further maximized if the intangible was used just before the spear blade touched down.

Red flames flew in a straight line and attacked Mamon’s head. Mamon, who was attacked by Ellie’s magic, let out a loud scream, inflated her entire body even larger, and raised her huge legs to crush Ellie.

However, Eli did not run away, but rather looked straight at Mammon and poured out the gold coins he had in his pocket, clearly attracting Mammon’s attention. Without betraying Ellie’s trust, I reached my goal in time.

―――!

A lightning strike struck vertically. Mamon’s huge body split in half due to the huge noise that came late. Black magic energy flowed from the body hanging on the ground, trying to regenerate Mamon’s body, but I had already finished preparing to absorb Mamon.

[W-what are you doing… !]

Mamon, whose body was split in half, instinctively sensed danger and wriggled, but it was already too late. I raised my magic power to the Spear of Shadow, found the core of the pile called Mammon with my artist’s eyes, and stabbed it with the spear.

[Wow, this is ridiculous… !]

The shadow that flowed from the window of shadow absorbed all of Mammon’s body. The Spear of Shadow, which vibrated quietly and hummed, finally completely absorbed Mammon.