Chapter 88

"...Sure enough, there's the scent of Hagoromo Gitsune!"

Isayama Yomi's heart tightened.

*Clang—*

She subconsciously drew Shishioh, intending to go up and investigate.

Iwanaga Kotoko grabbed her arm, her tone complex. "You're planning to go up just like that?"

Isayama Yomi was stunned for a moment, then looked at her with suspicious eyes.

Iwanaga Kotoko's mouth twitched. "Are you sure you can handle it?"

"Don't you need to notify your department?"

Iwanaga Kotoko's emotions were in turmoil.

If it weren't for the fact that she had her eye on her status at the Office of Countermeasures for the Environment, how could she have brought her to such a dangerous place?

And...

This woman just said the name Hagoromo Gitsune, right?

Isn't that a famous great demon?!

Is something related to her really something a high school girl can solve?

Isayama Yomi paused, then shook her head. "I don't know..."

But...

"If we keep waiting, I'm afraid it will be too late..."

Her expression became stern, her eyes filled with determination.

Actually...

She was quite confident.

But she didn't want to make any bold claims.

She had already solved six incidents involving the scent of Hagoromo Gitsune on her own.

There was absolutely no problem.

But there was no guarantee she wouldn't flip her car one day.

*Heh...*

She's a stubborn one...

Iwanaga Kotoko had a headache.

If she had known, she wouldn't have waded into these muddy waters.

"But please rest assured."

Isayama Yomi suddenly thought of the previous matter and decided to give Iwanaga Kotoko some confidence; she took out the demon flyer Lin En had handed her.

"This is..."

Iwanaga Kotoko was a bit confused.

"Demon Summoning Flyer."

"As long as I inject curse power into it, a demon will appear to help me overcome the crisis."

"Of course..."

"I'll need to pay a reward afterward."

"Huh?"

Iwanaga Kotoko was dumbfounded.

You're a human, and you're a demon slayer or something, yet you're counting on a demon??

Although she wasn't familiar with demons, she had heard a few things about them from the mouths of demons.

However...

A demon flyer like this.

This was the first time she had seen one with her own eyes.

Hmm...

Although relying on demons was shameful for humans, it was still a method.

At the very least, Iwanaga Kotoko felt much more at ease.

Of course...

The premise was that the demon who came was strong enough.

"Alright! Then let's go all out!"

Black Bullet World.

The sky gradually darkened.

Busujima Saeko and Tendou Kisara had also fought until the sky turned dark.

The two of them had tacitly started a competition at some point.

As for the other corners, they were handled by Kasumigaoka Utaha and Shiina Mahiru.

Seeing that they were starting to pant from exhaustion, Lin En clapped his hands and called them back.

Next.

It was time for the Scorpio.

"Leave the remaining Gastrea to Hana and the others."

The high-stage Gastrea had all been killed off.

Leaving the rest to Hana and the others, who were lower-level demons, was just right.

The subjugation battle against the Scorpio was not suitable for them.

Not only was their strength unable to cause damage to the Scorpio.

Hana's technique for using her aura was also truly unsightly.

Lin En was afraid she would accidentally slip and send herself straight into the Scorpio's mouth.

For the subjugation battle, he would be the main force.

One reason was to see what level his current strength could reach, and the other was because of the [Gastrea Factor Catalog].

However...

Before the subjugation battle, let's replenish magic first.

Looking at Saeko and the others waiting to be fed, Lin En rewarded them one by one.

"Eh? Why is it like this again..."

Kikukawa Shizuka puffed up her cheeks.

Ever since everyone in the Familia learned that Lin En's magic replenishment had the same effect as Kikukawa Shizuka's...

Her recovery items had decisively fallen out of favor.

"I worked so hard to make them..."

She complained, then joined the queue, looking forward to Lin En with anticipation.

Kasumigaoka Utaha rolled her eyes at her and muttered, "Aren't you the same?"

You don't even drink what you produce yourself, yet you want others to drink it.

Before long.

Replenishment complete.

Everyone in Lin En's Familia fixed their eyes on the Scorpio.

Busujima Saeko's eyes were grave.

There was no longer any sense of ease from before.

No matter who it was, seeing this mountain-like Gastrea, they would subconsciously feel nervous.

For a behemoth like this, just rolling over could cause an entire area to collapse.

"Phew..."

"Finally facing it, huh..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha gripped her Demon Book tightly, wondering if the maximum power output of her Lightning Strike could cause it any damage.

As if sensing the gaze of Lin En and the others, the Scorpio paused, then opened its giant mouth and let out a roar.

"Yiiiiiiiiiii——"

The sound was sharp and piercing, the air was shaken into chaotic currents, and their clothes were blown with a *whoosh*.

But...

Lin En frowned.

This cry sounded like it was crying...

"Lightning Strike!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha opened her Demon Book, and a pillar of azure lightning, like a waterfall from the heavens, descended and slammed into the Scorpio's black shell!

*Crackle, crackle!!*

The black shell turned red instantly under the high temperature!

And was then pierced straight through!

Purple blood sprayed wildly, drenching the earth!

But the tender red flesh was exposed for only a moment before it grew rapidly, covering itself with a black shell once again.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression stiffened, and she said with some discouragement, "It's completely useless..."

"For this kind of creature, even a Varanium weapon can't suppress its regeneration speed."

Busujima Saeko pulled out the Varanium katana she had stabbed into the Scorpio.

The place where she had caused damage hadn't even been there for a second before it became perfectly intact again.

Faced with this situation, even Busujima Saeko had no good solution.

Fortunately.

They were just here to leech experience.

The main force was still Lin En.

And so...

Next, Busujima Saeko and the others, who had already been promoted to Intermediate Demons, dumped all their skills onto the Scorpio.

It wasn't until they were about to collapse from exhaustion that Lin En brought them out.

*Huff, huff...*

The girls panted, being taken care of by Koto Yuko and the others.

Kasumigaoka Utaha panted, "With such a huge consumption, and fighting such a big thing, we should be able to leech quite a bit of experience, right?"

Tendou Kisara suddenly said, "Is it possible to promote directly to Superior Demon?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha rolled her eyes at her.

You've only been an Intermediate Demon for a few days, and you're already thinking about Superior Demon?

Busujima Saeko thought for a moment and said, "After all, we aren't the main force, so let's not have too many fantasies."

"However..."

Busujima Saeko thought of the wanton slaughter from before, subconsciously licked her lips, and then smiled:

"We also killed quite a few Stage IV Gastrea, so there should be quite an improvement."

Hearing this.

Kasumigaoka Utaha said with a complex tone, "Saeko, you'll definitely be fine; maybe you can even upgrade already."

After all, before the subjugation battle, Saeko's ability values were not far from upgrading.

How long had it been since then?

Kasumigaoka Utaha bit her lip, feeling somewhat unwilling.

Busujima Saeko smiled and didn't speak.

Her dream was to become the master's sharpest blade!

Slowing down was not an option.

In her daily life, if the master had no orders, she would just keep killing, killing, killing!

She didn't find it boring; on the contrary, she considered it a pleasure.

After all.

[Slaughter Longing] wasn't just a skill name.

Busujima Saeko truly longed for slaughter!

So...

It was not without reason that Lin En evaluated her as the best workhorse of the Familia.

"Hmph!" Hearing that Busujima Saeko was about to upgrade to Superior Demon, Tendou Kisara said unwillingly, "I will definitely become Master Lin En's sharpest blade!"

Busujima Saeko: "?"

Busujima Saeko looked at her with a strange expression.

This person, why is she stealing someone else's lines!

However...

Hearing Tendou Kisara's words, she just smiled softly.

No matter what others said, it was just a metaphor.

Only she...

Busujima Saeko thought of her demonization ability, and then thought of the feeling of being held in Master Lin En's hands.

*Whoosh, whoosh—*

Unknowingly, her breathing became a bit more rapid.

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Busujima Saeko and Tendou Kisara strangely.

Are all sword-wielders like this?

Sharing the same lines?

On the other side.

Lin En stood alone in front of the Scorpio.

And the Scorpio, for some reason, stopped its movement.

"So cool~"

Looking at Lin En's back, Kasumigaoka Utaha said infatuatedly, "As expected of the master!"

Just his back was enough to make her feel a bit...

However, it might also be the shock brought by the visual impact.

One person, one mountain.

Standing opposite each other, gazing at each other from afar.

*Hiss—*

But...

What made them strange was.

"The Scorpio, it stopped?"

Why?

They looked strange.

It was clearly fighting them fiercely just a moment ago.

Lin En was also a bit confused.

However...

Although the Scorpio's voice sounded like it was crying, it also seemed to possess a trace of wisdom.

But...

Lin En looked at the deformed behemoth.

Sigh...

With this appearance, it's better to go be reincarnated.

Lin En steadied himself and looked toward the Scorpio.

For a behemoth like this, it was the most natural target for Lin En.

And it wasn't agile enough; Lin En just moved simply, and the Scorpio couldn't do anything to him.