The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#281 - Super (su) level (pa) red demon tribe

The Crimson Demon Village was ablaze.

And this wasn't just some emotional flourish like 'I'm on fire!' but the literal, honest-to-goodness burning of the village.

Kazuma and the Crimson Demons, along with Yunyun, had taken refuge on Devil King Hill, a popular spot for couples, overlooking the inferno consuming the Crimson Demon Village below.

“Our home…”

With a face full of sorrow, she whispered, gazing at the sea of fire—the place where her home was burning, a place that seemed to hold something she couldn't bear to lose.

Yes.

It was her home, the place she cherished most, the place she held dearest, but now it was being engulfed in flames by Sylvia, who seemed like a fire-breathing dragon, painting the village in fiery hues.

Most of the Crimson Demons were capable of using teleportation magic, so there were no casualties.

However, the village had become a sea of fire.

Kazuma Sato, who had caused this situation, felt a pang of guilt. It was all his fault for accidentally opening the seal on the underground hangar. But if he hadn't done that, his chrysanthemum would have been in danger. To protect his innocence, it was an unavoidable situation! …Or so he told himself.

“Speaking of which, how did Sylvia even open that seal?”

“Y-you, you, you… What are you talking about, Yunyun? I have no idea.”

Kazuma Sato involuntarily turned his head away, feeling guilty and unable to look Yunyun in the eye.

This guy…

Oh well, he couldn't be entirely blamed.

Even Yunyun hadn't expected that even after driving Sylvia out of the village, they would still encounter her.

“In any case, we have no choice but to abandon this place. Letting the Demon King's army have their way isn't pleasant, but as long as we're alive, we can start over.”

The village chief said this with a serious expression.

The other Crimson Demons echoed his sentiment.

As the saying goes, 'While there is life, there is hope.' As long as they weren't dead, they could start over.

Just as the Crimson Demon clan was preparing to pack up their belongings and flee, someone suddenly stood up.

“No, I'm going back.”

“—Yunyun!?”

Everyone was stunned to see who had stood up.

Kazuma Sato couldn't help but grab her arm and shout, “Hey, Yunyun, calm down! I know you're angry that the village was destroyed, but now isn't the time for a reckless counterattack. Let's take our time and plan this out! I'll help you this time, as compensation for my mistake!”

Not only him, but Aqua, Darkness, and the other Crimson Demons also tried to persuade her, telling Yunyun not to get carried away.

“No, Kazuma.”

Yunyun shook her head.

Stopping Kazuma Sato from saying anything more, she gestured for him to look around.

“Don't you think there are people missing here?”

“Missing people?”

Kazuma Sato quickly turned his head, looking for familiar faces… There was the dazed Aqua, the eager Darkness, the melancholy Megumin, and Yunyun, so no one was missing…

“It's Yuiyui and your sister, Arue!”

Although Yuiyui was always said to lack presence, she was still a companion, and it was a time of crisis, so how could he not think of her?

Yunyun's sister—the number one beauty of the Crimson Demons—was even more important.

“That's right, so I'm going back.”

Companions and family.

A village that she couldn't bear to abandon, no matter what.

Even Kazuma Sato didn't know how to persuade her in this situation.

“Then—”

“No, Kazuma. I can't let you put yourself in danger. Hehe, don't worry, having learned teleportation magic and with the help of the spirits, even if I can't defeat Sylvia, I can still take the chance to escape.”

Yunyun's index finger pressed against Kazuma Sato's mouth, preventing him from speaking.

How cool!

Kazuma Sato was almost mesmerized.

Indeed, aside from the unfathomable idiot goddess Aqua, Yunyun was the strongest in the party, and with the help of the spirits, there shouldn't be any problems, right?

The village chief also stepped forward.

“Are you really going?”

“Yes.”

“What if you don't return?”

“Then I won't return.”

A sorrowful atmosphere once again filled the air, and the Crimson Demons looked at Yunyun as if they were looking at a lone hero.

Aqua said softly at this moment, “Hey, Kazuma, even if Yunyun dies, I can revive her, so why are they so sad?”

“…Shut your trap.”

The emotional mood that Kazuma Sato had managed to build up was stifled by her foolish words. The idiot goddess was truly an incurable mood killer.

At this time, the village chief took a deep look at Yunyun, and then sighed as if he was helpless.

“I understand, and I have no right to stop you, after all… Yuiyui and you are in that kind of relationship.”

“Wait a minute!”

Megumin suddenly became agitated, waving her staff and shouting, “What is Yunyun's relationship with Yuiyui? Tell me clearly!”

“You shut up for a moment too!”

“Yes, Megumin, don't make trouble at this time.”

Kazuma Sato and Darkness, respectively, held her shoulders and covered her mouth, not allowing the frantic little loli to ruin this scene that was worthy of being written into an adventure tale.

The other Crimson Demons spoke up:

“Go, Yunyun, let that guy see the power of the Crimson Demons!”

“You are the pride of the Crimson Demons, we believe in you!”

“Kick his ass!”

The expectations and blessings of the clan members kept coming.

Arue even stepped forward to hug Yunyun, gently kissing him on the forehead, making Megumin even more jealous and frantic.

“Go, hero. Don't forget the promise you made to me. I and the child will wait for you to come back.”

“…I will come back.”

Yunyun raised his right fist high and shouted, “I am the strongest, and I hold all victories in my hands. Whether human or demon—facing all enemies, I will crush their malice, I will break any enemy that stands in my way!”

After saying that, he turned around and left, as if he had made some kind of determination.

“Let go, let go!”

“Ahhh, Megumin, don't bite my hand!”

Darkness painfully released her hand that was covering Megumin's mouth, looking at the frantic little loli with a wronged expression. She glared at Kazuma Sato, causing him to subconsciously release his hand that was holding her shoulders, and then patted her slightly wrinkled magic robe.

“I'm going too. Yuiyui is my best friend, and she is like a sister to me, how can I sit idly by!”

Megumin said this.

She spoke with determination and decisiveness.

She thought she would receive the blessings of her clan members and companions as well, but Kazuma Sato sneered.

“Forget it, Megumin, a one-shot archmage like you will only cause trouble for Yunyun if you go. Don't forget, Sylvia now has a weapon that can nullify magic, you have no chance.”

“Ugh!”

Megumin's little face fell.

Although she didn't want to admit it, what Kazuma Sato said was true. If she didn't achieve results with one shot, she would only become a burden and cause trouble for Yunyun. Megumin always did that, but this time she didn't want that, and she didn't want to be useless either.

“But we can't just stand by and watch, can we?”

“What are you talking about? We have a more important mission.”

“A more important mission!?” X3

Hearing Kazuma Sato say this, Darkness and Aqua also spoke in unison.

“Megumin, that weapon called the Magician Killer, there must be a way to deal with it, right?”

"Yes. Legend has it that a long, long time ago, when the suddenly out-of-control Magician Killer ran rampant, our ancestors used the weapons now sealed in the underground hangar to barely destroy it. Because the opportunity was rare, they decided to keep it as a memento and seal it again."

"I really want to complain about why you'd leave such a dangerous thing behind, but... just as I expected!"

Kazuma Satou snapped his fingers.

Aqua, being the obliging idiot she is, asked: "What do you mean?"

Kazuma Satou gave her an approving look and said, "Weapons, you see, are developed with consideration for how to destroy them, or rather, knowing how they work naturally leads to knowing how to destroy them. So, to prevent weapons from going berserk during development, protection devices are almost always developed alongside them."

"Kazuma, are you saying that there are weapons in the underground hangar that can counter the Magician Killer?"

"Exactly!"

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He snapped his fingers again, increasingly approving of Aqua.

Megumin shook her head: "Kazuma, unfortunately, no one knows how to use the weapon that defeated the Magician Killer. The village has documents that supposedly record how to use it, but even the chief and the others can't decipher them."

Just as I thought.

The Crimson Demons are all highly intelligent; they must have thought of this method long ago.

"But we can't just sit here and wait for death, can we?" Kazuma Satou said loudly. "With magic being ineffective, the only way to defeat Sylvia and the Magician Killer is hidden in the underground hangar. We must go there no matter what!"

"Well... yes, if we want to be useful."

Megumin looked at Yunyun, who was constantly fighting with Sylvia, with such a lonely expression, as if she had been abandoned.

Huh?

Could it be...?

Kazuma Satou shook his head and said, "In any case, let's go to the underground hangar first and bring out that weapon from the hangar. Chief, we'll leave the cover to you."

"That's a good idea, let's give it a try."

"A desperate gamble? Hmph, I don't dislike that feeling either."

"It's more like our favorite development. You guys are outsiders, but you understand us so well!"

The chief nodded seriously, and not only that, but the Crimson Demons also became excited, it seems this plan stirred their nerves.

Normally, hearing about such a dangerous thing, Kazuma Satou would definitely refuse without hesitation, but just now, Yunyun went to fight the strong enemy without hesitation for the sake of her sister, that scene has been lingering in his mind.

"It's not like I haven't defeated a leader of the Demon King's army before. A mere chimera, watch me blow you up!"

Thinking like this, Kazuma Satou stretched out his arms and shouted.

"Everyone, let's go!"

"Ooooh!" xN

Thanks to the Crimson Demons firing various magic from a distance, Kazuma Satou and the others successfully infiltrated the underground hangar.

There, they glimpsed a part of the world's truth—the origin of the Crimson Demons, the weapon that could defeat Sylvia, and a game console.

Just as they were hurrying to run out, suddenly the ground shook and they stumbled and fell to the ground.

"W-What's wrong! Hey, what's happening!"

Kazuma Satou couldn't help but shout.

Aqua also fell to the ground, but before that, she was still desperately hugging the game console she brought out from the underground hangar.

Darkness helped Megumin, who almost fell.

"Kazuma, look over there!"

"What now!?"

Kazuma Satou scratched his cheeks frantically. He didn't want to care about anything now, he just wanted to quickly find the electromagnetic railgun that could defeat Sylvia, and then solve the enemy and get through the crisis!

However, suddenly he felt a sense of unease, and at the same time, he noticed something was wrong.

Unknowingly, the sound of destruction that could still be heard just now had disappeared at some point.

Feeling strange, Kazuma Satou looked around.

Sylvia had become so huge that she could be found immediately from anywhere in the village.

On the far end, Sylvia stopped there without moving, staring at one place. The front of her line of sight—

Was Yunyun.

Not only her, but also one other person.

It was her sister, Arue.

At this time, Yunyun was kneeling on the ground, holding Arue in her arms, looking sad and not knowing what to say.

"N-No way..."

Kazuma Satou had a bad feeling.

How to say it.

This is a common plot in adventure manga, a hated yet anticipated foreshadowing prelude.

In fact, Kazuma Satou used to like such manga plots. Although the sacrifice of relatives or teammates is painful, the explosive plot that follows is addictive. However, as he just said, that is a plot in manga, and it only makes people feel uncomfortable when it happens in reality.

He resisted the urge to go find the electromagnetic railgun right now and came to Demon God Hill again to meet up with the chief and the others.

"Chief...!"

"Arue, she just blocked the Magician Killer's attack for Yunyun, and she already..."

So that's how it is!

Kazuma Satou clenched his fists, regretting that he was one step late. If he could have deciphered the documents in the underground hangar earlier, and gotten the electromagnetic railgun earlier... No, if he hadn't locked Sylvia in the underground hangar in the first place, this kind of thing definitely wouldn't have happened!

Damn it!

It's all my fault!

No, I can't indulge in sadness. The urgent task now is to defeat Sylvia as soon as possible and prevent more casualties from happening.

"Chief...!"

Just as Kazuma Satou was about to say something, he heard an angry roar from a distance.

Turning his head sharply, he found that Arue in Yunyun's arms turned into a ray of light and dissipated. At the same time, the Crimson Demons all had sad expressions.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Kazuma Satou's heart skipped a beat.

However, this was just the beginning. Yunyun seemed unable to accept this fact. She closed her eyes tightly and roared to the sky, her angry roar spread throughout the Crimson Demon Village.

"Aaaaaah!"

At the same time, there was also an earth-shattering tremor.

After seeing this scene, the Crimson Demons changed from their sad and sorrowful expressions to ecstasy and surprise.

"That is...!"

"That's right, Chief, it must be that!"

"Could it really be!?"

"Is the Crimson Demon Clan's once-in-a-millennium supernova about to undergo a transformation today?"

The chief was surprised and delighted.

Kazuma Satou couldn't hold back anymore, he quickly asked: "Chief, what exactly happened to Yunyun!?"

Then, he saw the chief's eyes flashing with a bright red light.

"Yunyun is going to become a Super Crimson Demon!"

"--What did you say!?"

The all-Chinese class lost, and a mouthful of old blood almost didn't recover.