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  "Luna, please accept the quest for us."

  "Roy-san, are you sure you want to take this quest?" Luna asked, her voice ced with .

  "Yes." Roy nodded, his expression serious.

  "Alright." Luna sighed and accepted the quest to defeat the Demon King General.

  "Let's get ready and head out," Roy said to the girls.

  ....

  They soohe town.

  "Acc to the map, it should be this way. Let's go!" Darkness decred, sulting the map provided by the Adventurer's Guild and leading the way.

  They marched towards the Demon King General's castle uhe setting sun!

  They soon spotted the castle in the distance.

  "Wow! Is that the Demon King General's castle? It's huge!" Megumin excimed, gazing at the imposing fortress on the hill.

  "Yes, that's it. Let's hurry and finish this," Roy said with a smirk.

  "You seem awfully fident, Roy," Aqua ented.

  They quied their pace.

  But although the castle seemed close, it was still quite a distance.

  Megumin, the weakest physically, was the first to tire out.

  Roy had no choice but to carry her on his back.

  Without Megumin slowing them down, they quickly reached the castle.

  "Roy, what's our pn?" Darkness asked.

  "How about I bst it with Explosion?" Megumin suggested from Roy's back.

  "No," Roy said, pyfully patting her bottom. "You only use Explosion once, Megumin. We have to save it for a critical moment."

  "Darkness—I need you to lure the Demon King General out of the castle," he instructed.

  "Leave it to me!" Darkness decred fidently.

  She walked towards the ominous castle without fear.

  ....

  Meanwhile, the Demon King General ihe castle had noticed their approach. He ordered his forces to attack.

  Just as Darkness reached the castle gate, it swung open.

  A horde of monsters swarmed out, startling Darkness.

  Roy quickly pulled her back with his magic.

  But the monsters didn't pursue them. They simply lined up outside the castle.

  Roy and the others estimated that there were thousands of high-level monsters.

  This force alone could easily destroy Axel!

  Then—the monsters parted, and a Headless Knight emerged from their midst.

  Of course, he wasn't actually headless. He was carrying his head in his arms.

  The Headless Knight stopped before them and ughed. "Hahaha! So you're the adventurers who came to challenge me?"

  The girls, despite fag a massive army of monsters and a Demon King General, showed no fear.

  "Hmph! I am Megumin! Wielder of the stro magic—Explosion!!" Megumin decred dramatically, c half her face with her cloak and revealing one glowing red eye.

  "That's right! We're here to defeat you, Demon King General!" Darkness added, standing protectively in front of the others.

  The Headless Knight was momentarily taken aback, then burst into ughter again.

  "Hahaha, you fledglings—barely out of your , think you defeat This Demon King General?"

  He ughed so hard that he doubled over.

  "Megumin—Prepare Explosion," Roy said with a chuckle, patting Megumin's head.

  "Okay!" Megumin nodded seriously, then began ting her intation.

  "Crimson bck fmes, In the name of destru and ruin, the hammer of purgatory desds upon my hand—Explosion!"

  The intense magical energy gathering around her caught the Headless Knight's attention. He could sehe destructive power of her spell.

  Although he wasn't afraid, his subordinates wouldn't be able to withstand it.

  He charged towards them, attempting to interrupt the casting.

  "I won't let you pass!" Darkness shouted, blog his path with her sword.

  But Roy pulled her back. With her current level—even with her high-quality armor, she wouldn't be able to withstand the Headless Knight's charge.

  ....

  "Darkness—protect Megumin while she casts her spell. I'll stop the Headless Knight," Roy ordered.

  Darkness relutly agreed.

  "Be careful!" she said.

  "Don't worry." Roy gave her a thumbs-up, then drew his sword and faced the Headless Knight.

  g!

  To Darkness and Megumin's surprise, Roy blocked the Headless Knight's charge with his average sword.

  The bde didn't even bend or break.

  "H-how..." the Headless Knight excimed in shock.

  How could a novice adventurer block his attack? He was a Demon King General!!!

  "This is impossible!"

  The Headless Knight roared and swung his swain.

  This time, his attack was even strohe air rippled with the force of his swing.

  But Roy remained calm and effortlessly blocked the attack.

  Normally, an average sword would be no match for a Demon King General's on.

  But in Roy's hands, it was as if the sword had bee iructible.

  ....

  Meanwhile, Megumin had finished her intation.

  The sky darkened as a massive amount of magical energy gathered.

  A devastating beam of crimson light desded from the sky, striking the ter of the monster army.

  BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

  The explosion shook the earth, and the fmes soared into the sky.

  Even the Headless Knight paused his attack.

  When the dust settled, half of the monster army was gone.

  "Damn you! You killed so many of my subordinates! You've angered me!" the Headless Knight roared.

  He waved his hand, and the remaining monsters charged towards them.

  He had abandoned any pretense of knightly honor and simply ordered his troops to attack.

  "Aqua, it's your turn! Use your Purifiagic!" Roy shouted, seeing the approag horde.

  Megumin had colpsed after casting Explosion.

  "Oh, okay!" Aqua replied, then unleashed her Purifiagic.

  A low-level spell was child's py for her. She didn't even need an intation.

  A few bsts of Purifiagic wiped out most of the remaining monsters.

  Darkness blocked the rest, allowing them to be easily defeated.

  Within moments, all the monsters were gone.

  The Headless Knight was shocked. Were his troops really that weak?

  It was Megumin's Explosion and Aqua's Purifiagic that had made the difference.

  Explosion was incredibly powerful, and Purification was the natural enemy of these monsters.

  "You adventurers are quite capable! Hahaha!" the Headless Knight suddenly burst out ughing.

  His subordinates were all dead, yet he was ughing? Aqua, Darkness, and the others exged fused gnces.

  "What I meant to say is that I summon as many subordinates as I want. e forth, my knights!"

  The Headless Knight raised his arms, and hundreds of skeletal knights appeared around him.

  "I alone sughter the eown of Axel! Mwahahaha!"

  Darkness and Megumin were horrified.

  "Don't worry, I purify any number of these monsters," Aqua assured them fidently.

  She had regained her fideer defeating so many monsters earlier.

  "Just watch!" she decred, unleashing a powerful Purificatiohat enveloped a wide area, including the Headless Knight.

  "Aah!" the Headless Knight screamed in pain.

  "Haha, got him!" Aqua excimed triumphantly.

  Roy chuckled. Aqua's Purifiagic owerful, and most monsters couldn't withstand it.

  As Aqua was celebrating, the Headless Knight stood up again.

  "Are you really novice adventurers from Axel?" he asked in disbelief—his voice trembling slightly.

  Although he was trying to act tough, he was clearly afraid of Aqua's Purifiagic.

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