The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

A huge snake rampaging through the battlefield, spreading its venom.

It was very similar in shape to the serpent I had encountered in the forest of Lingle before, but its size was far too different.　It was the same size as the evil dragon, or even bigger.

A huge creature more than fifteen meters long was rampaging about, tormenting the knights.

"d*mn, it's painful ......"

"Ugh,ah......!"

"Those who need immediate medical attention, let me help you!　The rest of you, please leave them with the black uniforms!"

Even far away from the giant snake, damage has been done.

I was treating people affected by the snake's venom at a back location not far from where I had captured Hannah.

"Take him, Mr. Usato!"

Yes!

Some people were suffering from the snake's venom, clawing at their throats, others were writhing in pain, clutching at the places where the venom had touched them. At that point, the black uniforms can take him to the base to be treated by the healing wizards, but if he has been exposed to a large amount of poison, he needs to be treated as soon as possible.

"Strengthening of the system ......!"

Activate the systemic reinforcement at his fingertips and apply it to one of the knights suffering from the poison.

A dark green light covers the knight's body and his expression immediately becomes calm.

In order to demonstrate only the "enhanced resilience" that is a characteristic of the system reinforcement of healing magic, the system reinforcement is performed on the fingertips only with a minimum of magical power.

This way, I can heal a fatal wound with less magic power and leave it to the black clothes. ...... I can't afford to let it heal completely now.

"......It's like poison from an evil dragon."

"Yes, it is. It brings back bad memories. ......"

Having once been poisoned by an evil dragon, I can't believe that the snake spreading this venom has nothing to do with evil dragons.

This is downwind, and the air is filled with a small amount of poisonous miasma.

At this distance, it would hardly be a problem, but not for those who are fighting in that place.

"......"

I feel extremely fatigued, probably because my magic power is running low.

I am physically strong, but I can't do anything about my magical power.

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"Let's go. We can't just stand here."

The situation keeps changing.

I leave the situation to the black suits and head for the place where the giant snake is rampaging..,

"Grua!"

"Oh!"

Zzzzzzza!　A blue bear, Bulrin, in sooty silver armor, slides in front of me with a cloud of dust.

I back away, startled, and he turns his back to me.

"What?　Bulrin?"

"Gua!"

"Sounds like he wants me to get in. ......"

"Bullin, you. ......"

I've always carried you on my back, but this time I'm going to have to ride on yours!

Wherever we're going, it might help if we had a bullring.

Maybe he'll see that and decide to ...... come with us...or maybe he won't have to.

"I'm glad you're here!"

"Gruaaaah!"

He leaps onto Bullein's back and grabs his belt.

Then he lets out a mighty yell and starts to run, kicking the ground with all his might.

Dodging the knights on his side, he gains speed and reaches the front line in no time. There are many demons in the vicinity of the rampaging giant serpent.

"Bulrin, can you make it?"

"Grua!"

Bulrin yells, and his speed increases even more.

---No matter how much armor he wears, he will not be unscathed if he has to break through such a large number of demons.

"Ferrum, can you cover Bulrin with your magic?

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Please!

With that voice, black magic flows from my legs into Bulrin's silver armor, covering the upper half of his body.

Heavy black armor protects his head and body, and an oval shield protects him from side attacks.

Covered with armor that is specialized only for pushing forward, Bulrin, not surprised by the change in himself, raises his voice even more heroically and strikes the monster that is approaching before him.

"Get out of the way if you don't want to get hurt, you demons!　Ha ha ha!　Bullyin!　That's a great combination!

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

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I don't care about the voices of my friends anymore.

As we chase the fleeing monster away, we find the corpse of a huge snake not far from here.

"That's ......."

"A large snake skewered ......"

It is the same snake that Senpai and Kazuki defeated in the previous battle against the Demon Lord's Army.

If you look closely, you can see that the head and body of the snake are pierced by large cone-like thorns protruding from the ground, which seem to have killed it.

"Attack from the ground...... Mr. Hyde?!"

That means he might be the one who is fighting with the huge one right now.

Mr. Hyde, Chief of the Nirvarna Kingdom Warriors.

He is the one who taught me a lot during our brief meeting in Lukvis.

He will not be slowed down by the serpent.

"Isn't that a natural demon?

"No wonder they look so strange. ......"

Ferrum's words startled me and Nair.

The artificially created demon, Barzinak.

I don't know how it came to be, but I had never imagined it to be such a being.

If that's the case, then the big one must be an enhanced version of Barzinak.

"Gua!"

You see it?

I heard Bulrin's voice and turned my head forward.

If you look closely, you can see the warriors of the Nirvarna Kingdom Warriors attacking the rampaging Barzinak.

Among them is Mr. Hyde, who is himself releasing magic and commanding the troops.

"Surround this big fellow!　Watch out for the poison!　If it eats you, it will slow you down!

Gishaaa!

Whoa!　It's coming for us!

As Mr. Hyde gives instructions, Barzinak swings his tail like a reaver.

In response, Mr. Hyde thrusts his spear filled with magic power into the ground, and multiple walls of earth rise up from the ground to catch Barzinak's attack.

Mr. Hyde escaped from the range of the attack in the meantime, but I didn't miss the moment when Barzinak's mouth, which was split open up to his cheeks, was twisted into a smile.

I will never forget that look.

His size may have changed, but his cruelty and cunning have not. ......!

"Sorry, Bulrin!　I'll go first!"

Gua!

He disarms Bulrin and heads for Mr. Hyde as fast as he can.

In the meantime, Barzinak opens his big mouth and spurts out a stream of venom from his fangs protruding from his upper jaw.

We can't get in there in time for the healing burst palm ......!

Nor can you pull on the belt.

Then!

He throws the healing magic bullet he created in his palm with a burst of magical power......!

"Heal! Accelerate!"

"Goooh!"

The "War Chief!""""""""""

Mr. Hyde looks up when he notices the poison, and at the same time, a healing acceleration bullet strikes him in the side.

He erupts from the sudden impact and is blown five meters to the side.

In the next instant, the area where Mr. Hyde was standing is sprayed with a poisonous-colored liquid, and a sickening sound is heard as if the ground is melting.

"And then the healing blindness!"

Then, the magic bullet generated in his palm is applied to Barzinak's eyes, temporarily depriving him of his vision.

"Gee shaaaaa!"

After confirming Barzinak's body hitting the ground with an unexpected blow and the Nirvarna warriors moving to attack at once, I rushed to Mr. Hyde, who had been blown away by the magic bullet, even though it was an uncontrollable force.

Her second-in-command, Helena-san, approaches me, instructing her subordinates nearby to attack Barzinak.

"Excuse me!　I hit him with a magic bullet out of necessity!

"No, I know you saved me from that attack!　I'm more concerned about the chief of warriors. ......"

When I approached Mr. Hyde, who was still lying on the ground with Helena, he was smiling bitterly while holding the area hit by the healing acceleration bullet.

"Helena, I think you'll be fine without me now. Now you just follow the plan and finish him off. ......"

Sir, the Chief Warrant Officer?

I'm done here. ....... It's a wonder I feel so light on my feet when I'm dying. ......

""......""

Mr. Hyde meditated with a look of contentment on his face, and Helena and I looked at each other.

It was a magic bullet of healing magic that hit him, so he couldn't have been injured.

In fact, he is very pale and there is no blood on the side where he is holding.

"Yes, it looks like Usato. ......"

Hey, what's with the nuance that it's a disgrace to be rated as I am?

With my cheeks twitching at the sight of the owl on my shoulder and the mutterings of my demon girl, I fearfully address Mr. Hyde.

You're not going to die, Mr. Hyde, you know. It was my healing magic that hit you.

"Chief, Usato-kun saved me. Please get up quickly."

"......"

After a short silence, Mr. Hyde stood up quickly and touched his own body to check it.

I was in an uncomfortable state of mind, and Helena and Nea were looking at me with a "what is she ......" kind of look.

After a few seconds, Mr. Hyde turned around with a raised voice.

"Well, it looks like you saved my life!　Ha ha ha!

"No, no, it's not that. ......"

To be honest, that caught me off guard too. I didn't expect you to spit out your poison just as the walls were disappearing. But here you are!　I couldn't be luckier!"

I replied, thinking that he was as cheerful as ever, and turned my attention to Barzinak, who was under attack from the warriors along with Bulrin, who had just arrived.

"What a ...... ridiculous demon! He has the cleverness to always respond to the techniques he has seen once and the cunning to try to deceive people.

"Responding to a technique I saw once: ......?"

"I skewered and killed a smaller one with my magic just a few minutes ago, but he's been watching me do it so much that he started dodging before it hit from the ground. Maybe he has an organ that can sense magic."

He's that big and he's that smart.

He has not been able to strike an effective blow so far, but he seems to be able to go on the offensive now that he has been dealt an unexpected blow by the healing eye-blow.

"...... but ......"

The soldiers fighting ...... look pale.

Perhaps the miasma emanating from the poisonous fluid exhaled by Barzinak is slowly eating away at their bodies.

Some of them are on their knees, vomiting blood.

"They've all been poisoned, haven't they? Helena, too."

I put my hand on Helena's shoulder and heal her from the poison.

She will be all right now, but if she stays here, the poison will come back.

"Oh, thank you. Where's the chief?"

No, I'm fine now. I'm fine now.

I'm going to treat the poison now!

He turns his palm toward the warriors of Nirvarna and stretches out a belt for each of them.

Once the bands are attached, he pours healing magic into them and cures the poison.

"......!"

I healed the poison of the warriors nearby, though I lost more magic power and my vision was blurred, then I put the person who was too injured to be healed by me now on the back of Bulrin.

"Bulrin, take care of these people.

"Grua!"

"...... yeah, good luck to you too."

With the warriors on his back, Bulrin nodded his head and rushed toward the base, making a cloud of dust and smoke.

I watched him go, and then lined up next to Mr. Hyde, who was leading the general attack on Barzinak.

"Usato, you'd better not move again.

"What?"

I was about to leap forward to heal the warriors attacking with magic and weapons near Barzinak, but Mr. Hyde stopped me.

"You must be nearing the limit of your magical power, aren't you?　You should rest your body, even for a short time.

"But ......!"

I almost shout out, but my vision wobbles due to lack of magic power.

Mr. Hyde, who was supporting my body with his eyes fixed on Barzinak, slightly distorted his expression.

"You look like you're about to collapse. ......I understand your mission well, but put yourself first for now."

When he said this to me in a rather strong tone, I could not argue with him and had to keep my mouth shut.

Mr. Hyde is right, I am nearing the limit of my magical power.

I have enough energy left in my body, but I hate myself for my half-hearted lack of magic power. .......

"Geeeeeeeeeshaaaaa!"

Then he hears the muffled cries of Barzinak.

I looked and saw that Barzinak's body had been pierced by countless arrows, and that many wounds had been caused by magic.

An ordinary demon would have died out by now, but because of its huge size, it is still moving.

"Don't stop attacking!　As planned, water magic and earth magic holders!

Ouch!""""""

Mr. Hyde, who had confirmed that Barzinak was almost fully wounded, shouted out instructions to the several warriors who were standing by in their respective units.

The warriors who shouted vigorously put their hands on the ground, and with a yell, poured water magic into the feet of Barjinak. The warriors with earth magic manipulated the muddy ground to block Barjinak's movements.

"All of you!　Attack at once!　Those with little magic left, spears, swords, whatever!　Throw them down and drain their strength!"

ohohohoh!"""""

All of the Nirvarna warriors present turned their full power to attack Barzinak.

A cloud of dust makes Barzinak's figure blur, but he is certainly there, and he is being attacked.

Mr. Hyde himself confirms this with his own eyes, and he too puts a large amount of magical power into his right hand.

"Under the circumstances, he's going to eat me, isn't he!

Clenching his fist tightly, he raises his fist high to the sky and slams it down to the ground.

The next moment, a thorn protruding from the ground pierced Barzinak's head, which was hidden by a cloud of sand.

With a momentary spasm, Barzinak's strength is suddenly drained from his body.

The smell of burning and the smoke from the sand make me frown, and I talk to Mr. Hyde.

"Did you beat him?"

"I'm sure I put a bullet through its head. He must have gone through the head. Even if he survived, he must be dying.

Certainly, it would be more than enough to get away with it after that much magic.

Gradually the dust cloud clears. While everyone in the room is still holding their weapons, Barzinak's figure is revealed.

"What?"

Whose voice was that question .......

After the smoke clears, Barzinak's appearance is clearly different from what we had imagined.

"Hey, no way. This is ......."

Skin discolored to pure white.

The head hollowed out like a shell.

Shiny scales visible between the slightly torn skin.

"Is it molting?

"What the hell is that?　Goosebumps!

Tearing off its shelled outer skin, Barzinak lets out a deafening yelp as it sheds its skin.

"It's got self-regeneration, it's foul ...... and I think it's getting slightly bigger."

Not only are the wounds inflicted by Mr. Hyde and the others recovering, but his huge body has grown even larger, perhaps due to his molting.

"There are some extraordinary monsters out there, ......!"

Mr. Hyde, what do we do?

I'm going to get ready. Helena!　Get everyone out of here while my men and I hold them back!

Mr. Hyde, who has given instructions to Helena, pulls out an axe he has created from the ground.

The warriors who still had some strength left in them readied their weapons as he did, and the fully molested Barzinak began to move.

"Geeeeeeeshhhhhh!"

"Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

The screams, stronger and more deafening than the previous ones, make you clutch your ears.

After further growth and recovery, Barzinak breaks through the molted outer skin and fixes his head to our eyes.

"Gishea ......"

"!　They're going to come after us!"

Barzinak approaches, licking his tongue.

The warriors who fought so valiantly just now are no match for a man who has fully recovered. All of them were simply blown away by his tail, unable to exert their full strength due to their poisoned bodies.

"Ferrum, néa!　I'll give it my best shot. ......!"

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"Oh, God!"

He faces Barzinak while making a black sword from his left arm.

The situation is really, really bad.

I don't have much magic left, and the warriors present here, though they have some strength left, are hopelessly outmatched against a fully recovered Barzinak.

"Sheaah!"

Just as Barzinak opened his big mouth and was about to attack us, something glowed for a moment, and then a white spear-like object pierced soundlessly into Barzinak's cheek.

"...... what?"

"That spear is ...... no way. ......"

A white spear with a clear, icy tip.

I almost screamed out at the familiarity of it, but eight transparent spears flew in following the first one and pierced Barzinak's body in succession at an incredible speed.

The impact sends Barzinak's body overturning and slamming to the ground.

"Gee, gee ......!"

The transparent spear that pierced deep into his body emitted an intense cold air that froze his body and quickly blocked his movements.

"What's going on, ......?"

Mr. Hyde is puzzled, but I fall to my knees in relief.

I only know one person who can do this.

The "spear" that had first been stuck in Barzinak moves of its own accord, flying towards us and ending up in the hand of a knight in armor behind us.

I wonder why you are always so reckless.

We turn around at the sound of a voice that is both exasperated and reassuring.

---I know that knight.

Unlike before, he wears silver armor that emphasizes ease of movement, and his blond hair is tied back in a single bun.

She came here with a white spear and looked at me with a somewhat awkward gesture.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I'm late."

"No, the timing couldn't have been better."

Leona-san is a woman recognized by the armor of the heroes created by the divine dragon, Lord Farga, and is the pride of Mialak.

She is also a friend of mine who fought together with Mr. Karon to save him from being drowned by the dragon's power, and she is the one who reminded me of what is important to me.

She let out a small smile at my words and stepped out to stand next to me.

Leona, the brave warrior of Mearaq. I take this moment to join you in this battle."

She pointed the tip of her spear at Barzinak, who was frozen and unable to move, and declared.