Chapter 11

"The Astral Express's drive recorder is tracking our movements in real time. The commotion at the space station is huge—Mr. Waerte couldn't possibly miss it." Danhen explained patiently.

"For now, we can barely handle the Doomsday Beast's words, but if the Envoy of Destruction also shows up…" Jizi looked like she wanted to say something but held back, her expression quite solemn.

Another unfamiliar term. Xing shot Jizi a doubtful glance.

But now isn't the time for explanations. When the group arrived at the platform, Xiao San Yue suddenly realized a huge shadow was enveloping her feet. Seeing this, her heart skipped a beat, she jerked her head up, and saw a giant dragon circling and flying in the sky outside the space station, gazing down at everyone with a tiger's stare.

"Miss Fulian, this aura… is so strong." Filien lifted her head to gaze at the sky, as if the Doomsday Beast were also soaring through the light curtain, its shadow covering the mountains.

The sense of oppression far surpasses that of the ancient dragons they've hunted; frankly, those ancient dragons are hardly different from ground-crawling reptiles before the Doomsday Beast.

Its aura is vastly different, and its size is enough to shroud a town's mountains; even the illusory scene in the light curtain frightened many townspeople so much their legs went weak and they collapsed to the ground at the moment the Doomsday Beast appeared.

Such a magnificent, extraordinary sight—let alone ordinary people, even seasoned adventurers might never see it in a lifetime. The awe-inspiring Doomsday Beast stimulates people's inner curiosity while temporarily numbing their inner anguish and fear.

"The Doomsday Beast… actually chased us here."

"Seeing the Doomsday Beast constantly flying and spinning outside the space station, March Seventh wasn't afraid; she furrowed her brows, nocked an arrow, and pointed straight at the distant Doomsday Beast: 'Come down!'"

"Roar——!"

The Doomsday Beast seemed to understand, immediately swooping down to lie on the space station's platform; its mighty roar kicked up countless dust clouds, momentarily making it hard for everyone to stand upright.

A monster of this size likely wouldn't succumb to ordinary attacks.

We should first strike that purple crystal ball on its head, or aim for its neck——

Heh, you think this monster is like the demons we usually fight? Chopping its neck won't help; its attacks rely on its two hands, so we should cut off its hands first.

It's not hit like that; you should poke that square-shaped hole on its chest, that hole will glow, eh……

Inside the Demon Slayer Corps, a back-and-forth discussion immediately sprang up, and through the distant light curtain they began offering the train crew suggestions one after another.

It's just a pity that the other side couldn't hear any of it.

Serpent Pillar lazily leaned against a tree branch, curiously watching Star and Dan Heng's every move; everyone was using cold weapons, and he was very curious how these two would break through the seemingly impenetrable defense of the Doomsday Beast.

However——

"In an instant, the cave heaven transforms; a long dream in one sleep."

Dan Heng silently finished the chant, accompanied by a thunderous "Break" like a myriad jun of thunder, he thrust his spear and pierced through one of the Doomsday Beast's palms, leaving a huge hole.

Serpent Pillar widened his eyes in fear.

Huh???

Bro, are you still using a spear?

Although he has seen masters of the spear before, he has never seen anyone able to unleash the spear's power to such an extent.

Meanwhile, in the moment he drifted off, Star beside him had already acted; with just a baseball bat she blocked several attacks, and with unstoppable momentum she rushed to the Doomsday Beast's front, striking its chest with a blow.

With a loud "clang," it not only knocked the Doomsday Beast back two steps, but also made Muzan and the Upper Rank demons frown.

Star looks no different from a human, but the power of her wielding the bat…… is simply inhuman.

After the group felt the Doomsday Beast's pressure, none of the six Upper Rank demons dared claim they had defenses equal to the Doomsday Beast's; yet seeing the Beast repeatedly retreat under Star's baseball bat, they all swallowed their saliva in unison.

... This little girl is just too fierce.

For a moment, the Infinite Castle fell into sudden silence; seeing Muzan-sama's appearance as if facing a great enemy, the first to break this stillness was Gyokko, who forced a laugh twice and said: "Although these travelers are formidable, no matter what, they are still far away from us and pose no threat."

Kokushibo raised his voice: "No, Lord Muzan, what you're worried about isn't that, but what the Demon Slayer Corps might learn from them."

"That makes it even more impossible. That boy named Dan Heng inside, though his spear technique is superb…… but the Demon Slayer Corps folks all wield swords; even if they learned it, what could they do? Abandon half a lifetime of sword practice to take up spear techniques?"

Upon hearing this, the other Upper Rank demons also nodded in agreement.

"However, although Dan Heng and Star's attacks are fierce, the Doomsday Beast shows no sign of weakening; after a brief charge, the wings on its back suddenly unfurled, countless eyes bursting with piercing beams that engulfed the entire platform—fortunately, March 7 and the others dodged in time, thus avoiding injury."

"No good, Frieren, relying solely on weapons is still too weak to defeat such a monster." Hutark shook his head.

Frieren's hand paused on the magic book as Hutark voiced her thoughts; she also didn't believe that merely a bat and spear techniques could kill a monster of that size.

But if not those, what else could they rely on? Magic?

"Oh? What is that?"

Frieren, who had been wondering, suddenly saw a red beam of light flare up outside the space station.

"That beam of light seems to have come from an extremely distant place, expanding in the instant everyone was locked in battle, and intense strong radiation shot out in all directions."

"Then came the Doomsday Beast's wail amidst towering flames and swirling dust."

"The flames on the platform triggered a sizable explosion, rolling waves of scorching heat surged outward—even Frieren, shielded by the light curtain, seemed to smell the scent of burning hair."

"As for Miss Himeko, she remained completely calm, as if she had anticipated this scene, and promptly led everyone away from the explosion's center."

"I wasn't wrong, was I?"

"This, this…… is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely Explosion Magic!"

In a small tavern, the Crimson Demon Clan's top genius magician, Megumi, was gulping down the juice in her cup while boasting to those nearby about this massive explosion.

She drank too fiercely, and many bright red drops of juice leaked from the corner of her mouth, sliding down her throat and dripping onto her snow-white collarbone.

The wet, sticky feeling didn't make her uncomfortable; instead, it made her feel even more refreshed.

As expected.

Even humans from another world can use Explosion Magic.

Kazuma and Aqua are far too shallow, actually believing that the world behind the light curtain lacks magic—how could that be? Without magic, how could one prove Miss Silver Wolf's technique of making people vanish?

At this very moment, this sudden violent explosion only confirmed her belief: the world inside does have magic, and indeed Explosion Magic exists.

And that red-haired Miss Himeko is undoubtedly a supreme mage!