Chloe held the black grimoire in her right hand.
She saw the magic incantations listed.
Holding her staff in her left hand, she concentrated and began to chant the spell.
The massive magical power began to surge due to the incantation.
Instinctively, he felt that Chloe's magic was dangerous.
"Get out of the way! Remnant of the Great Hero!"
"You seem to be in a hurry!"
Leo gritted his teeth and held his ground against the axe aimed at his waist.
But he was soon pushed back.
He could have dodged the attack, but he deliberately held his ground to buy time.
Leo, who saw his abnormally bent left hand, smiled fiercely and gripped his sword with the other hand.
He stood in front of Chubaren again.
At the same time as Leo's declaration.
The flames Chloe shot enveloped Chubaren.
Chubaren began to writhe in pain, hit directly by the flames.
"No matter how ineffective the curse, if the flames don't go out, it's useless!"
Chubaren's body repeatedly burned and returned to its original state.
Eventually, the [Invalidation] curse ran out of power.
By then, the Alia party had also defeated all of Chubaren's subordinates.
If it wasn't a demon of Chubaren's level, the Alia party wouldn't have been in trouble.
As Chubaren fell, Chloe ran to Leo excitedly.
"Leo! We defeated Chubaren! We really defeated Chubaren!"
Chloe hugged Leo tightly, overjoyed.
Then, when Chloe raised her head, she saw Leo's face close to hers and blushed.
"Chloe, I'm sorry, but my left wrist is broken..."
Chloe, whose face turned red, quickly stepped back.
Leo, holding his broken wrist, looked at Chubaren.
"Still, your unique magic is impressive."
"U-Uh... my unique magic..."
Leo looked at her curiously when she reacted like that.
The flames on Chubaren began to burn fiercely.
The red flames burning Chubaren's body gradually turned black.
Chloe looked down at her staff in confusion.
There was a crack in the orb of the staff.
"Chloe! Cancel the spell! Hurry!"
At Leo's shout, Chloe quickly canceled the spell.
But the orb soon exploded, and the spell began to burn even more fiercely.
"Why?! I can't control the spell!"
The black grimoire in her right hand began to draw Chloe's magic power on its own.
Seeing this, Leo took the grimoire from Chloe and threw it away.
Chloe staggered, her magic power drained.
Leo, who quickly supported Chloe, turned his head toward Chubaren.
Chubaren, enveloped in black flames, roared.
Leo looked at Chloe with a blank face.
"Your unextinguishable flames. Are they really your unique magic?"
Chloe, who had been conflicted, gritted her teeth at the sight of the out-of-control magic.
Chloe closed her eyes tightly.
"In fact, it was a magic incantation from the grimoire."
'So it was Erebos' flames after all.'
Everything made sense now.
Why Chloe had been acting strange.
How she created the unextinguishable flames.
"Listen carefully, Chloe. That magic is dark magic."
"It's a magic you shouldn't be able to use. You knew that, right? That you couldn't activate it with your own power."
"But what is that grimoire?"
"It's a divine artifact."
It becomes a powerful weapon when used by a demon but gradually drives humans insane.
'I used dark magic? And I even announced it as my unique magic?'
Chloe's face turned pale.
Chloe, who hugged her arm, was filled with despair.
Seeing such Chloe, Leo stepped forward.
"Chloe. I'll leave the back to you."
"Nothing has changed. We still have one thing to do."
Leo gripped his sword with his good right hand.
"Deal with that damn demon and conquer the Hero's World."
"Your magic removed the [Invalidation] curse. Now he's just reacting to the dark magic and going berserk. It's time to finish him off."
Leo took a step toward Chubaren.
"You know the final decisive blow is the mage's job, right?"
Leaving those words, Leo walked toward Chubaren.
Teyard and Dina approached and said.
"You're exhausted. If you interfere, you'll just get in the way."
Leo could block Chubaren because of his overwhelming combat experience.
Predicting the opponent's attack, defense, and counterattack, and preparing for the next move.
That dangerous tightrope walking isn't something anyone can do.
Watching his back, Chloe was entranced.
A hero is someone who doesn't give up when they hit their limit.
Chloe's eyes regained their composure as she urged herself.
The unique magic she originally planned but gave up on halfway.
Completing an incomplete magic in a real battle was an incredibly reckless thing to do.
But now she had to do it.
Chloe, who was holding her staff, hesitated when she saw the destroyed staff.
Alia smiled and handed her staff.
Chloe closed her eyes as she received Alia's staff.
'I just wanted to catch up to Leo.'
But seeing his back moving steadily forward, she realized how foolish she had been.
'Jealousy... he's just too cool.'
Like a hero in a fairy tale.
His bold challenge to his limits was dazzling.
'I'll surpass my limits too, Chloe Mueller.'
To not be ashamed of the back that believed in her.
She combined the incantations floating in her mind.
Runes began to flow from Chloe's mouth.
Chloe was combining incantations on the spot.
Hearing the spell, Leo smiled.
He stepped forward without hesitation.
'Why does a pure mage's runes give me so much courage?'
He remembered the days when he entrusted his back to Luna long ago.
Leo calmly gauged Chubaren's strength.
'Thanks to Chloe's dark magic, the most troublesome [Invalidation] curse is gone. Plus, he took a massive hit.'
Although it led to a rampage, Chubaren wasn't in perfect condition either.
'I can buy time while the spell is being cast.'
The axe blade surrounded by black flames descended on Leo.
Leo countered with his sword, which was filled with red flames.
Leo's sword deflected Chubaren's axe blade.
With the axe embedded in the ground, Leo corrected his stance and charged at Chubaren.
The black flames enveloped Leo, trying to turn him into ashes.
Leo wrapped himself in his own flames to push back the black flames.
But the black flames began to consume Leo's flames, gradually encroaching on his territory.
Seeing this, Leo increased his firepower.
His flesh burned from the flames he emitted.
'Increase it. More! More!'
Leo's red eyes flashed as he shouted.
'Until I completely burn this damn flame in front of me!'
Leo's flames completely pushed back the black flames.
Chubaren, instinctively sensing danger, grabbed the axe handle with both hands and swung it upward.
Leo's body rose into the air.
Chubaren swung his axe at Leo.
Leo focused the maximized firepower at the tip of his sword.
The sword and axe crossed.
Leo's sword cut through Chubaren's axe.
Leo's sword struck Chubaren's exposed neck.
Chubaren's head flew into the air.
Leo, who landed on the ground, looked at the motionless Chubaren.
The black flames didn't go out but burned even more fiercely.
Leo widened his eyes and braced for the impact.
Chloe's spell casting stopped.
The surrounding area instantly froze.
The black flames burning with Chubaren's body disappeared.
Cracks began to appear on Chubaren's body.
And it soon turned to powder and scattered.
[Rescued the 1st-year students in danger.]
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