Chapter 38
Incineration
Translator : PolterGlast
Now, as for the Red
Ogres and the Flame Ogre, who had been wearing nothing but confident
expressions in this forty-versus-one situation...
After five of their
own were killed in an instant by an incomprehensible magic, their expressions
had, at some point, turned serious.
This probably meant
they were going to come at me with everything they had. —But it's too late.
While they were
distracted watching the Red Ogre writhe on the ground, I had already spread my
magic power around the area, completing my encirclement of the Ogres.
Once this happens, the
only weakness of [Purifying Flame]—its slow speed—is gone, and it becomes a
one-sided magical assault from me.
"First, let's
see... I'll start with [Purifying Flame: Komainu]."
As if in response to
my whisper, six dog-shaped flames suddenly appeared.
They raced across the
ground towards the Red Ogres and, after effortlessly dodging their attacking steel
clubs, began to bite them one after another.
The bitten Ogres were
instantly engulfed in flames, and since this fire also wouldn't go out, they
were quickly burned to death.
I am controlling all
six of these dogs, and as I thought, the presence or absence of an arm has no
effect on magic. I feel I can control them just as well as when I had both
arms.
It's probably also
because the Ogres' reactions were slow, but for now, it seems magic is the same
whether I have one arm or two.
"Alright, next
is... [Purifying Flame: Luan Bird]."
What appeared next was
a large bird made of flames.
It flew up to eclipse
the sun, then spread its great wings and charged into the fleeing, clustered
Red Ogres.
This time, it engulfed
about ten of them, turning them all into fireballs, and the charred corpses of
Red Ogres began to pile up one after another.
I knew this would
happen the moment I surrounded them with my magic, but it's so one-sided it
doesn't even feel like a battle.
However, considering
that the exhausted Ginia is on her knees, the reality is that I don't have the
luxury of holding back.
I'll finish them all
at once. I had just decided that and was about to unleash a final, big move,
but...
The Flame Ogre, likely
the boss of this horde, must have decided that further escape was futile, as it
shifted its focus to me, the caster, and launched an attack.
It activated various
skills and was moving with the full intention of finishing me off as quickly as
possible.
I was planning on
killing the Flame Ogre last, but now I have no choice but to kill it first.
Instead of the magic I
had spread around, I activated a spell using the magic I had cloaked my own
body with.
"[Purifying
Flame: Crimson]."
Countless flames
extended like tentacles toward the Flame Ogre.
It desperately tried
to dodge, but the flames first wrapped around its ankles, then its thighs,
hands, and arms, until it was completely captured by the fire I had unleashed.
Even so, it
desperately stretched its legs, trying to advance and attack me... but finally,
the tentacle-like flames wrapped around its entire body, and the Flame Ogre burst
into a great blaze with a final scream.
It seems I put a
little too much power into it, as the Flame Ogre was burned to cinders, not
even leaving a corpse behind.
The Red Ogres who had
been watching the Flame Ogre's end from behind threw down their clubs and
scattered in all directions.
I wanted to burn them
all at once with a big move, but now I have no choice but to chase them down
with the dogs.
Though it was a spell
I had just used, I had no choice but to use [Purifying Flame: Komainu] again to
chase down the Red Ogres, and I burned every last one of them.
The plains, which had
been so noisy just a moment ago, became as quiet as if it had all been a lie,
and all that remained were the corpses of the Lesser Ogres Ginia had killed and
the Ogres I had burned.
I had successfully
defeated all the Ogres, but... thinking about it calmly, was it a bad idea to
burn them with magic?
I've charred them all
black, so no one will be able to tell the difference between them and the
Lesser Ogres just by looking at the corpses.
Furthermore, I burned
the Flame Ogre so completely that not a trace of it remains.
It's good that I had
fun, but it was my first time using magic in a while, and I have to reflect on
the fact that I overdid it a little.
As I was having these
thoughts, a cheer went up from the adventurers who had been watching my battle
from behind me.
"UOOOOOOOH!! He
took out that horde of monsters in an instant!"
"AMAZIIIIIIING!
I've never seen anything like that!!"
"Th-that scene...
i-it wasn't a dream, right?"
"Of course it
wasn't a dream! This many of us saw it!"
"Hey, is he
really a rookie geezer who just became an adventurer? He's like a hero straight
out of a heroic tale, isn't he!?"
"He's a hero!
Definitely a her... wait, more importantly, y-you're in trouble. Y-you were
making fun of him earlier, weren't you?"
"Ah, no... I-I
mean... it's because I thought he was just a rookie geezer... Y-you were saying
stuff about him being in a cocky phase, too!"
"Don't blame me.
You should probably go grovel and apologize."
"O-of course I'll
apologize, but... I wonder if he's angry. No, he came to save us and we treated
him like that, of course he's angry."
After their excitement
reached its peak, they realized their rudeness towards me, and their enthusiasm
gradually cooled down, and now, it was completely chilled.
For a second, I
thought about turning around and leaving them, but I guess I should tell them
that I don't hold any grudge.
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