With a slash and a painful blow to his paws, Cerberus' target was focused on us.





　The barking Cerberus pounced towards me and scratched at my body with the claws of its long, jutting paws, aiming at my body.

　But due to the wounds he had sustained, he wasn't as vigorous or fast as he was at first.


　This is my chance to fight back!


　He blocked his claws with his magic sword and slid it to deflect the momentum, and then slashed into the Cerberus, which had lost its stance.


　One, two, three blows.

　The slashes definitely increased the number of wounds on Cerberus' front legs, but they all failed to inflict a fatal wound.


[Master!　Something about Cerberus licking his wounds!　Smoke is rising!]

What?　Smoke?


　Once the Cerberus had been hit by the counterattack, it had distanced itself from us.

　When I looked at that Cerberus, I saw that he was licking his own tongue at the paw we had wounded, and as the demon sword said, black smoke was rising.


'Don't tell me that ...... is also recovering, perhaps?　No, no way. ......

No, he's recovering. The wound Flick inflicted is closing up.


　I heard some unpleasant things from Noelia and Gawain who were watching Cerberus.


　It's impossible to have a recovery ...... or ...... with that strength.

　With a half-hearted attack, that guy will self-heal. I can't beat him at this rate .......


　But magic is reduced in power by fur, and ...... swords aren't going to be able to inflict a fatal wound .......

　How in the world can I .......


　I lacked offensive moves before my opponent's means of recovery.


　Magic is played, and the wound is too shallow ...... for the sword alone.

　Can't you slash with your sword and make it as powerful as magic .......


　If the sword's blade has a magic effect on it, the wound could be given even deeper, but ...... there's no such magic.


[If you don't have it, why don't you try making magic!　Master!　Even if it's a flaming sword or something!　I'm a glow-in-the-dark kind of guy!　I'll do my best!]


"Making magic is ...... so easy with a flaming sword!


　Hearing the words of the magic sword, an image of a sword covered in flames flared up in my brain.


　A magic sword or ...... there is a magic sword that allows magic to reside in the sword body.

　If the magic sword was shown earlier to slice through enemies with a follow-up magic effect, it can be ...... possible.


　The form in which the magic effect occurs was somewhat imaginable.


　Do you want to try it ...... If we continue like this, we'll just become Cerberus' food.


　When I decide to do so, I say the spell that came to me from my imagination.


'Burning flame, dwell in my sword and consume your enemies. Flame Sword (Flame Sword)'


　The magic was activated perfectly, and the blade of the demon sword was enveloped in bright red flames.


[Hahaha!　Fire!　Fire!　Fire is out!]

'You said you were going to burn yourself to a crisp. So I just burned it. What's the problem?

Nah, no!　Not at all!　I'm fine!　I'm just surprised!]


　The demon sword seemed to be surprised as fire suddenly came out of the sword blade.


　The other two also looked at me with their mouths open.


''Flick-sama, what are you doing ......?''

I made it because ...... he has a fur that reduces magic and the sword wound alone can heal it, and I thought it would be a good idea to slash and then put magic damage on it. ...... By the way, it's the most powerful I have it set up, but can't I go to ......?


　There was a look on Noelia's face as if to say, 'I never thought of that idea.


'It's not a bad idea. Flick-sama's sword and magic may be the best solution to fuse it with magic. I didn't think of ...... putting a magic effect on the sword blade at all.''

'No, I was just trying it out, and besides, I don't know if it would pass for that Cerberus.

''I'm sure that with Master Flick's magical power and sword skills, I'd be able to defeat that magical beast at .......


　An expectant gaze was directed from Noelia.


'If I can't get through, though, I'll have no choice but to block that guy's view with magic and run away at full speed.

...... Even if we get away with it, the wounded monster Cerberus is sure to follow our scent and come after us.

Who got away?


　Noelia shook her head silently at my question.

　Does this mean that no one who was injured survived the demonic beast Cerberus?


''I get it. I'll definitely defeat that guy myself.''


　I wanted to return to the Ygghanotes after killing Cerberus in one piece.

　I just want to be sorry that feeding a demonic beast is the end of my life.


The flaming blade or ...... flick thing, you've provided me with some interesting mechanism to create. I'm going to use this for the next one.


　There is one slightly dangerous blacksmith, but I just hope he doesn't cause a major accident.


　In the meantime, Cerberus' side also finished healing their wounds and the battle was resumed.


''Osh!　Let's go!　Please, demon sword!


Yes, sir!　I'm burning up!　I'll do my best!]


　He regained his grip on the magic sword, which was covered in flames, and ran towards Cerberus, who had finished healing his wounds.

　At the same time, Noelia, Gawain and Dimol resumed their checks and decoys.


　But Cerberus didn't pay any attention to them and ran in a straight line towards me.


''You mean I'm the only one you're aiming for!

Gaaaaaaaah!


　As if to say 'yes', Cerberus is jumping at me.

　I'm not sure if Cerberus also sensed that neither magic nor poisonous fog would be very effective against me, but he chose to attack directly.


　I avoided the approaching claws and fangs with a single piece of paper.

　The onslaught came down on me from up and down, left and right, to the point where I didn't even have time to exhale.


　Eventually, as my eyes adjusted to the attacks, I was able to find an opening.


''There!　Eat!


　The sword blade covered in flames slashes through Cerberus' front legs.

　The next moment--


　Flames were erupting grandly from a hole called a hole, other than the one where he was cut by the sword blade.

　Because it was a magic sword that had been activated with maximum power, the magic flames activated by the wound seemed to have spread inside Cerberus' body.


''Gaaaaaaaah!!!''


　Cerberus spewed flames from every hole in his body, and he rolled and thrashed around on the ground in pain.

　Apparently, the effect was excellent.


'It's working.'

[Yes, it's working!　The chase!　Chase!]

I know. Burning flame, dwell in my sword and consume your enemies. Flame sword!


　The magic sword lost its effect with a single sword, so he activated his magic sword again to chase after it.

　Then, as he approached the Cerberus, which rolled and thrashed around on the ground, he stabbed the flame-clad blade into the center of his torso.


''Gawwwwwwwwwww!''


　Cerberus was bickering for a while, but eventually he was doomed to die as he spewed out massive flames from all over his body.


'You've won: ...... phew ......'


　As the tension was released, the body-enhancing magic he had been controlling was released with him.

　As it was, he sat down on top of Cerberus' corpse.


　In the midst of all this, the demon sword that was still standing on Cerberus's body was shining its sword blade dazzlingly.


[It's the demon's core!　We're getting a lot of factors!　It's delicious!　Ummmmmmm!　I feel like I'm growing up!　How much of it is 'Let's go for the gumbo! is 'Let's go more gung-ho! It's so much better than that!


　I'm not sure if it's growing when you use that analogy: .......

　Is that really growing?


[The factor was a little too delicious, I was distraught!　I feel like I can memorize about a dozen new spells with the factors I took in from Cerberus!　By the way, poison, fire, lightning and magic resistance systems seem to be a bit more powerful!


　It's like they took the strain and characteristics that Cerberus used.


[That is. It's still not as powerful as the master, but I'm sure there's more I can do to help!　I'm going to grow up a lot.　I'll do my best!]


　As the demon sword said this, the dazzling light of the sword blade subsided.


''Flick-sama!　You're safe!


　A voice was called out to confirm that Noelia was okay as she ran up to the bottom of Cerberus' corpse.


'Yeah, Noelia, I'm fine!　No problem!　Magic swords are surprisingly useful too, right?

It's too powerful!　If a magic that can produce this much power has been discovered, we need to send a report to the Institute of Magic Research in a hurry: ...... Oh, but it might be a special case only for Master Flick, so how can I explain it to you: ......


　Noelia was cringing as she couldn't decide what to do with the magic sword I used.


　Yes, it might have been a little too powerful, .......


　I could smell the burning flesh around me and was thinking about the power of the magic sword I had woven.


'Awesome stuff, I've been shown it. This might be a good idea to mass-produce a sword that is compatible with magic swords. Putting the power of magic on a sword. A fusion of sword and magic, this is interesting. Interesting.


　Gawain was also examining the body of Cerberus, which had been turned into a corpse, and formulating a plan for his next weapon.

　I'm somewhat worried about that, but I'm sure he's skilled, so I'm hoping he'll produce something that won't be dangerous.

　After cutting off the Cerberus' head as proof of our defeat, we decided to return to the workshop.


　Thus, the first sacrifice of the magical sword that would become my lifelong partner was Cerberus, the feared demonic beast in Ygghanotes.