You call this magic?

After a flash of light, a mask appeared in Kazuma's hand, and the true face under Vanir's mask also appeared in front of Kazuma.

It was a perfect face, so perfect that Kazuma instantly forgot to breathe.

She smiled a sad and relieved smile. "Thank you, Brave Lord, for expelling the demon that occupied my body. But... my body has been occupied for far too long. It's beyond redemption."

“What—” Kazuma never expected this to happen, his eyes were bloodshot.

“I can see it. I could actually feel your heartbeat at that time.” She gently came to Kazuma and tried to reach out to him. Crystal tears overflowed from her eyes, leaving a mark on her beautiful face. At the same time, a crack also spread. “Actually, I also—”

Having said that, she stretched out her hand but failed to touch Kazuma. When there was only the last centimeter left between her and Kazuma's chest, her entire body turned into ashes and disappeared from the world.

“No——!!!!” Kazuma let out a heart-wrenching wail.

Volume 4: Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Chapter 28: Boss, doesn't your conscience hurt?

No, no, man, you’re not—

Ethan and Wiz, who witnessed the whole process, were completely stunned.

How did Kazuma offend you that you have to torture him like this?

I have to say that Vanir's move was simply too cruel. He actually came up with this kind of operation in such a short time. You are really a pure devil!

We have to mention here that Vanir's body itself is made of mud. The previous "resurrection" was just the reconstruction of the mud. Her whole body, including clothes, is made of mud. Only the mask on her face is a "prop".

So when Kazuma uses [Theft] on Vanir, either Vanir will directly crush him with his strength and he won't be able to steal anything, or he can only steal the mask.

On this basis, Barnier took advantage of this opportunity to do something cruel, so cruel that even Ethan felt his scalp tingling.

At this moment, Kazuma was kneeling on the ground, his whole body in a state of despair.

Vanir must have enjoyed the negative emotions involved, and she must have done this kind of cruel work more than once.

Ethan really couldn't bear it anymore.

"Wiz, take Kazuma to rest first. I want to have a good talk with this guy." Ethan's face was full of smiles, but his tone was filled with coldness.

He came to Kazuma, took the mask from his hand, and immediately used [Calm] on him.

Wiz immediately and obediently threw Kazuma into the store. Although she didn't know what would happen next, it was definitely not what she wanted to see.

[Block Magic] is activated. Now no breath or image will be leaked to others.

Holding the mask, Ethan pressed it to the ground: "Change back."

After about five seconds of silence, the soil beneath the mask condensed into shape again, and Vanir appeared again.

"Oh, brother Ethan, I admit that what I did just now was a bit excessive, but I also gave that guy a mental resistance spell, so he won't be affected by other things for a while."

"Are you done?" Ethan raised his hand and used the [Petrification] technique. Vanir subconsciously wanted to stop her, but since she was not her real body and was controlled by Ethan, she couldn't even mobilize her magic power.

After all his attempts failed, Vanir finally gave up resistance. "Although I knew you were incredibly powerful the moment I couldn't see through you, I never imagined you could go this far...Would you like to make a deal with me?"

"Banir, I know you're a demon, so I don't care what you say to deceive me." Ethan took out his wand and said, "[Fuchsia]."

Vanir was hung upside down, but his skirt was still in anti-gravity mode, which proved the fact that this guy's body also included this dress.

"You're not going to use physical punishment, are you? It's useless! I won't feel any pain from a mere physical attack, unless you use holy magic. Oh, excuse me, even if it's holy magic, I'm already used to it."

"As you said, holy magic doesn't work well for you. So how about this?"

Ethan took out a long whip, and then a layer of golden light completely wrapped around the whip.

【Long Whip (ver. Brave Sword)】was born.

Only after feeling that breath up close did Vanir's expression begin to change.

"It seems you remembered, Comrade Vanir." Ethan's smile widened. "It's about time~"

"Wait, wait, I can still——"

Ethan whipped it down.

“Aa ...

……

Wiz in the room had no idea what Ethan had done in the barrier. Kazuma quickly calmed down with the help of [Calm]. After learning about Vanir's situation from Wiz, his scalp began to tingle.

Kazuma was scared to death, luckily Ethan was able to stay calm, otherwise he might not be able to calm down until now.

After a short rest for an hour, the barrier was lifted.

Ethan snapped his fingers refreshed, and the wet traces on the ground disappeared instantly, leaving only Miss Banier lying on the ground with her legs spread out in an M shape, her eyes rolled back, and her body still twitching slowly.

Even though he had adjusted his mindset, his heart still skipped a beat when he saw this scene and he turned away awkwardly.

The snow-white body was covered with marks of whipping, but for some reason, it even looked a bit astringent.

In fact, Ethan didn't use much of the hero's breath, just a few enchantments, just to make her feel pain, not to kill her, but after it was over, it seemed to have a strange effect.

The demon knew nothing about the power of the heroes from another world, and the long-lost real pain, coupled with the strange feeling brought by the female body being completely imprisoned, unable to move, and even unable to resist, combined... it was weird anyway.

Vanir probably won't be able to respond in a short time. After calming down, Ethan felt a little annoyed. If it was Vanir in his previous male body, Ethan would have directly humanely destroyed him and waited for him to be reborn, but now he looks like this... uh, just put up a barrier and leave it alone.

"How do you feel now?" Ethan asked on the way back to the mansion.

"Boss, doesn't your conscience hurt?" Kazuma complained with a sad face, "Your most loyal brother was played around by the bad guys, and you even dragged me along to get stabbed!"

"Ah, ahahaha, well, let me teach you magic again." Ethan changed the subject directly.

"I've been waiting for you to say this! Boss, please let me follow your footsteps forever!"

Kazuma follows the route of commander, thief, and long-range sniper. Generally speaking, he needs means to save his life, but with Aqua around, the necessity of saving his life is further reduced. According to his personality and excluding the means he has already learned, Ethan gave Kazuma the three magics [Rejection], [Surprise Attack Magic Gravel], and [Luring Enemy Phantom].

After learning it on the way, Kazuma excitedly followed Ethan to the mansion he bought.

From today on, the team's life is finally back on track.

Needless to say, the members were very excited. Except for Darkness who seemed relatively calm, everyone else was in ecstasy and said that following Ethan was the best decision they had ever made.

As night fell, they were in the wilderness several days' carriage ride away from Axel.

The carriage was driving on the empty road, and even the coachman seemed a little slack.

After all, at this position, even if something comes to attack, it can be easily avoided.

Even if it is really unavoidable, he does not have to worry about his life safety.

Because there is a rather vicious character in the carriage.

He saw with his own eyes a group of running lizards being killed instantly by an invisible slash, which was done by the passengers in the carriage.

He only needs to follow orders and doesn't have to worry about his own safety. It can be said that he is quite comfortable.

At this moment, a bird came from far away, landed above the carriage, threw a letter into the carriage, and then flew away.

"Huh? Mobile Fortress Destroyer, what is that?" A voice in the carriage murmured softly, and the driver's hand holding the reins suddenly stiffened.

Volume 4: Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World: Chapter 29: This Destroyer's Core Looks Familiar

[Destroyer alert! Destroyer alert! The Mobile Fortress Destroyer is approaching this town! Adventurers, please arm yourself and head to the Adventurer's Guild immediately! Also, all residents of this town, please evacuate immediately!]

While Ethan was sitting in the guild with his eyes closed, Axel's city-wide broadcast sounded again.

Last time it was just a small thing like cabbage from the seasonal event, but this time it was straight up intense.

Three days had passed since Vanir was punished. I don’t know if it was because she was really hurt or what, but Vanir disappeared from that day on. Even Wiz didn’t know where she went.

Ethan continued to focus on Kazuma's team, training them while solving various incidents that would arise around them, and quietly waiting for what he needed to appear.

Here it comes.

The Mobile Fortress Destroyer is one of Ethan's most important goals in this world.

In essence, it is an oversized golem, an ancient weapon from this world, a spider-like monster created with the entire nation's efforts. It uses magical metal that can reduce the overall weight, and the magic barrier created by the magic technology of that country at that time can ignore all magical attacks. Therefore, when targeting it, it seems that only physical attacks are effective.

But the scary thing about this thing is that it is a spider-shaped weapon, and with the lightweight effect brought by the magic metal, its eight giant legs attack at an extremely fast speed, and ordinary warriors can't get close at all.

Unable to perform physical or magical attacks, coupled with its high mobility due to its spider-like appearance, the entire world has regarded it as a natural disaster so far.

But, to Ethan, it is a treasure trove.

The materials, technology, and most importantly, the power core on his body are what Ethan needs now.

We can't let this thing be destroyed easily.

"What, what should we do? How about we just run away!" Aqua was quite panicked. If Ethan hadn't been there, she might have been ready to run away.

"Mobile Fortress Destroyer? What's that?" Kazuma looked bewildered. "It sounds like some ultimate weapon."

“It’s useless to rush around now. If everything, including our home, is going to disappear…” Megumin said nonchalantly, her eyes shining. “Why don’t we just go and fight the Demon King? With my explosion magic and yours, we can definitely blow the Demon King’s castle to smithereens!”

"We have to face the enemy first!" Darkness said seriously. "Everyone, you will definitely protect this city, right? Okay?"

It would be better if you could calm down a little. You can hear your panting coming out, okay?

"Alright, calm down." Ethan made the final decision. "Leave that to me. Just follow your usual pace and wait for arrangements in the guild. By the time the guild takes you out, it should be over."

"huh?"

When several people were in a daze, Ethan stood up, and in front of most of the adventurers crowded in the guild, his body disappeared in a distorted space.

"what is that?!"

"Teleportation magic? I didn't even see the magic circle."

"Is Ethan planning to challenge me again?"

Everyone was discussing Ethan's [Teleportation], but soon the focus shifted to the Destroyer. After all, that was the issue they needed to consider.

The strange thing is that no one thought that Ethan had escaped. He single-handedly killed one of the cadres of the Demon King's army. This is the value of this title.

……

The city wall has been blocked and only the Adventurer's Guild can pass through. Ethan's figure appeared above the city wall, and then flashed again, appearing in a very far distance.

The Destroyer was extremely fast. Ethan reached a location about 400 kilometers away through continuous [Teleportation] before he saw the monster crawling towards Axel.

It is extremely fast. If there are humans on its path, they basically cannot escape. Even if they run to the side, there are various small golems on its body, which include air defense, ground defense, and even main body combat. It is a comprehensive weapon.

Its body is indeed covered with a thick layer of barrier, which is even very strong. In order to harm its main body, the barrier must be removed first.

Ethan didn't want to cause too much damage to its body, because if it activated its self-destruct function, everything would be over.

"Well, let's see what you are made of first."

Extending his hand and facing the direction of the Destroyer, he cast his first spell.

[Sacred Spell Break].

Although Aqua's brain is not very good, her skills are very useful, especially this skill that can rival Imagine Breaker. Ethan naturally learned it as quickly as possible.

A huge white beam of light shot out from his hand and instantly hit the barrier on the Destroyer's body. With Ethan's magical power, it didn't take much energy to penetrate it.

As the barrier shattered into pieces, Ethan's figure flashed and appeared in front of the Destroyer. In another flash, he was already inside.

Without the barrier, Ethan can enter through any hole he wants and it cannot stop him.

When an invader appeared inside, the Destroyer immediately slowed down its pace and began to frantically broadcast alarms inside. A large number of human-sized golems were awakened, but when they began to look for the invader, they could not find any trace of anyone.

Ethan didn't intend to destroy it unless it was necessary.

By constantly [shifting], without breaking any levels, Ethan successfully reached the center, which was where the researcher who was said to have controlled the Destroyer to destroy that country was located.

Sure enough, there was a corpse that had turned into bones and a diary.

The content is written in Japanese, and Ethan can read it smoothly. It roughly tells the story of the researcher who, through a series of abstract behaviors, led to misunderstandings in his country, and thus designed this giant monster. Because of his abstract operations after being drunk, the thing went out of control and destroyed his own country from a first-person perspective.

After putting the diary away, Ethan felt that if he took it out, it would become a national-level wild history joke.

Anyway, he smiled when he saw it.

Then, comes the core mentioned in the diary.

The legendary mineral that is said to be able to burn forever - Corona Ore.

Burning forever = infinite magic power, it is the best core material for building magic net.

There is no need to ask whether this thing is reasonable or not, its existence is reasonable.

Yeah, this thing looks a little familiar.