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[The Opponent in the First Battle of the Magic Sword is
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The next day, together with Gawain and Noelia, I rode on Dimol and co to the vicinity of the Demon Forest to check the performance of the magic sword in real battle.
[Master, it’s finally a real battle, right
I’m nervous]
“It’s fine. From the feeling I got when I gripped you yesterday, you’re much easier to use than the swords that I’ve used so far. Moreover, you can also activate magic properly. You’re a child that can do it if you try.”
The magic sword was unconfidently blinking its magic stone faintly.
As I thought, it seemed that the words ‘If it runs out of control, then you should just seal it’ thrown by Gawain yesterday were hurting it.
“That’s right. I’m sure Frick-sama will use you well, so I think you should forget about Gawain-shishou’s words.”
[Master, Noelia-sama! Thank you very much. I will do my best! I’ll be useful!]
“Cheee, even though I just said it in the unlikely event, but now I’m completely the bad guy.”
Gawain, who was riding his own Wyvern, heard our talk and sulked.
“Now, I, the bad guy, will lure enemies for Frick――Owaaa!”
The wings of the Wyvern that Gawain rode on which was about to descend to the ground were engulfed in flames.
I saw Gawain’s Wyvern whose wings got burned by flames falling to the ground while spinning.
“Kueee!”
Dimol cried in alert at his shot down friend.
For a moment, I thought it was an attack from the Ground Fortress Turtle, but looking at the location, we haven’t entered the Demon forest yet.
“What happened!?”
“Frick-sama, look at that!”
Looking in front of Gawain’s fall, Noelia pointed at a monster on the ground.
“That monster with three dog heads
that’s the Demon Beast, Cerberus
why is it in the Yasuba’s hunting ground
even though normally it should be hunting in the depths of the Demon Forest
”
Although we were flying at a fairly high altitude, I was able to confirm the appearance of the Cerberus who was pointed by Noelia.
It certainly is a pretty big monster.
It was a specimen that I had never seen in the available subjugation requests from the Royal Capital’s Adventurer’s Guild.
“Is it perhaps a strong monster?”
“Strong? Yes, it’s strong. It’s not a good idea to fight it. It’s a Demon Beast that has destroyed a number of adventurer parties comprised of platinum-rank adventurers. Even though normally it doesn’t come out of it’s hunting ground that was further south of the Abyss Hole
why
”
Noelia was trembling seeing the appearance of the Cerberus.
Apparently, in Youg Hannotes, that monster, Cerberus, was called the Demon Beast in extreme fear.
“It has a strength that can even defeat platinum-rank adventurers, huh
”
Hearing the strength of the demon beast from Noelia, I remembered the time when I went to a subjugation with Alfine to subjugate a demonic dragon that leads her to gain the title of Sword Master.
The demonic dragon of that time was also extremely strong, isn’t it

The opponent was already wounded, but even so, it would be dangerous if it was not for Alfine’s skill.
Under my eyes, there is a monster that seemed to be as strong as the monster of that time.
“However, even I run away, I won’t leave Gawain-sama
I saw him jumped from the Wyvern in middle of falling, so I have to help him.”
“But
no matter how strong Frick-sama is, it’s too dangerous to expose yourself in front of the Demon Beast Cerberus. It’s Gawain-shishou who we are talking about, so I’m sure he’s safe
”
Noelia grabbed and hold the sleeves of mine, who was trying to help Gawain.
“Certainly, if it’s that person, it seems he would come back with nonchalant face. However, I’ll go take a look because I’m worried. Dimol, please bring Noelia to a safe place.”
“Kueee!!”
“Frick-sama!!”
I left Noelia to Dimol, and when I shook off her restraint, I activated Body Enhancement magic and jumped toward the ground.
I immediately free falling to the ground.
Eventually, I was caught by the approaching tree branches, slowed my falling speed and landed on the ground.
“Huu, successful landing. Gawain-sama! Are you safe? Gawain-sama!”
I thought he had fallen around here

Did I make a mistake?
I couldn’t see Gawain’s figure in the surroundings.
However, I heard a voice from the grasses a little distance away.
“Idiooot! Don’t call my name so loudly! The Demon Beast――!”
The voice of Gawain who said so himself was also quite big.
I ran up to the grass where I heard the voice and observed Gawain’s condition.
“You look fine. And you don’t seem to be injured. That Demon Beast Cerberus seems to be pretty strong, so let’s run away.”
“Run!! Right now!!”
Gawain seems to be never fazed by anything, but now he is surprisingly agitated.
“That’s why I said let’s run away.”
“Idiot, behind! Behind!”
Gawain was pointing his finger, and when I turned around, a huge creature with three big dog heads was running toward us with tremendous force.
“!?”
[M-master! Are we going to fight it!? H-h-h-how about it? Is it a real battle?]
The Cerberus’s movement is fast

Even if I enhanced my body, I don’t think I could escape from such a speed.
I immediately pulled out the magic sword and take a stance.
“The actual battle has begun. Fire a Fire Arrow to the Cerberus to divert it. I’ll leave the timing to you, and you can use as much magic power as you like.”
[Understood!!]
When the magic sword’s magic stone blinks strongly, it immediately fires a Fire Arrow to divert it.
When the Fire Arrow pierced into Cerberus’s body, it burst into flames and burned Cerberus’s fur.
The power used is only enough to divert it, but if it consumes just this amount of magic power, it will recover naturally on its own, so there is no problem.
“Gawoooooo!!”
When the Demon Beast Cerberus who received the Fire Arrow raised a resounding roar from it’s belly, the color of its eyes changed from black to deep red.
“Ahhh, it’s angry.”
“It sure is angry,”
[Wawawa, did we make it angry?]
I saw the Demon Beast Cerberus roaring in anger, and when we looked at each other’s faces, I swung the sword once.