The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 520: “Stop! Right! There!”

“Let! Go! Of! Her! Hand!”

Jenom’s magic power surged, and she raised the short staff she held in her other hand.

“No!”

Melika’s face paled, and she let out a panicked cry. Lucy and the others also looked alarmed.

But it was too late to stop her.

“[Tinder]!”

Jenom shouted.

A small flame appeared on her raised staff and shot towards Shien like a firebolt. It was a small flame, like one from a torch, showing that Jenom was controlling her magic power and limiting the spell’s power.

Since this was the most basic fire spell, its effect in this world would at most be a light burn.

Although angry, Jenom hadn’t completely lost her mind and attacked recklessly.

This firebolt was aimed at Shien’s hand holding Melika’s, clearly intending to make him let go.

However, reality was often disappointing.

“Whoosh!”

Without even moving, Shien swatted away the incoming firebolt like a fly.

“Bang!”

With a small explosion, the firebolt scattered like sparks.

“Huh?”

Jenom was stunned.

Then, she met Shien’s knowing gaze.

“If you want me to let go, you’ll have to do better than that.”

Shien’s words were ambiguous, unclear whether he meant letting go of Melika’s hand, or letting go of Melika entirely, allowing her to leave him.

Jenom took it as a provocation.

Her magic power surged, and her short staff glowed brightly.

“[Burn Off]!”

The elven girl finally got serious, unleashing a powerful spell.

This was an intermediate fire spell that Melika could also use.

Shien had already used [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree] to observe and knew Jenom’s strength.

This elf girl was level fifty-one and possessed both [Fire Magic] and [Ice Magic] skills, both at level six, close to level seven.

Once a magic skill reached level seven, the magician could use advanced magic, putting them among the upper echelon of magicians.

Jenom, cultivating two types of magic simultaneously and reaching near-advanced level at a level below sixty, showed that Melika was right. Her childhood friend was indeed talented, no wonder she was considered a potential candidate for the Elven Corps.

And just like Melika, Jenom also mastered fire and ice magic. It seemed Melika was right; they had indeed been doing the same things since childhood.

The only difference was that Jenom’s talent in magic was slightly better than Melika’s.

Otherwise, without traveling and only training in the Elven Homeland, Jenom couldn’t have reached this level and skill level.

These stats were much better than Melika’s when Shien first met her.

Having done the same things, undergone the same training, and learned the same magic since childhood, yet Jenom was slightly better than Melika in all aspects. No wonder Melika felt she could never catch up and decided to leave the village.

Unfortunately, against Shien, this level was clearly insufficient.

“Bang!”

As the flames erupted and formed a burning curtain, Shien swatted it away with his hand, the powerful intermediate spell scattering with a bang.

“What?”

Jenom was shocked, unable to believe her eyes.

Although that spell wasn’t her strongest, it was still a serious attack, completely different from the initial spell meant to just force Shien back.

If Shien had also used his full strength to counter it, she could accept it being ineffective.

But what did this man from another race do?

He just swatted it away with his hand!

A single slap, and her serious spell was scattered?

How… how was this possible!?

The shocked Jenom didn’t know that even in the past, Shien could withstand her magic with his [Magic Resistance] skill, let alone now.

Having fused various resistance and defense skills, Shien’s [Inner Manifestation of Heaven’s Decree] provided him with almost invincible defense below the transcendent level.

To harm the current Shien, one needed either a transcendent-level attack, a special Unique Skill that could penetrate defenses, or a divine weapon like the Holy Sword.

An intermediate spell cast by a level fifty-one magician?

Frankly speaking, it wasn’t even enough to tickle him!

Shien smirked and, while Jenom was stunned, pulled Melika towards him forcefully.

Jenom, caught off guard, loosened her grip.

“Ah!”

Melika cried out in surprise again.

But this time, with this cry, Melika was pulled into Shien’s arms.

Yes.

Shien embraced Melika.

“Huh?”

Melika let out a silly sound.

“Aaaaaaaaaah!”

Jenom finally reacted. Seeing this scene, she let out an earth-shattering scream.

Shien ignored this and, amidst Melika’s surprised cries, lifted her into a princess carry.

“M-Mr. Shien…!?”

Melika’s voice cracked as she instinctively wrapped her arms around Shien’s neck, her face turning bright red as she realized what was happening.

Shien ignored Melika, sniffing the sweet fragrance on her and feeling her delicate body in his arms, seemingly satisfied. He turned to Lucy and the others.

“You guys go ahead. I’ll play with this girl for a bit.”

Saying so, Shien, still carrying Melika, leaped onto a glowing tree amidst her continuous cries of surprise.

Then, Shien continued leaping from tree to tree, his figure flashing, heading into the distance.

Jenom could only stare blankly at this scene, finally understanding after a while.

“Melika… was taken away by a man…?”

After a stunned murmur, an astonishing magic power erupted from Jenom’s body.

It was an incredibly powerful magic power.

Jenom had exploded.

“Stop! Right! There!”

The elven girl roared like a demon, then started running, chasing after Shien.

Soon, the figures of Shien, Melika, and Jenom, chasing each other, disappeared into the distance.

“What… what’s going on?”

“Was that Jenom just now?”

“It was Jenom…”

“Why is she so angry?”

“I don’t know…”

“Is she chasing after someone?”

“It seems so.”

“I saw a dark shadow fly overhead.”

“Me too.”

“What happened?”

The surrounding elves, noticing the commotion, started discussing amongst themselves, surprised and confused.

Only Lucy, Lasha, Millu, and Lilith remained, looking in the direction where Shien and the others had disappeared, silent for a long time.

“？？?”

“？？?”

Lilith and Millu tilted their heads, their faces full of question marks.

The current situation had clearly confused these two little girls with their not-so-mature minds.

They subconsciously wanted to follow, but Lasha held them back.

“Should we follow them, Princess Lucy?”

Lasha turned to Lucy and asked softly.

Lucy rolled her eyes.

Follow?

Follow what?

Help that bastard chase after a girl?

No way!

Lucy could tell that Shien had noticed Melika’s affection and wasn’t planning to let her go.

Perhaps that idiot didn’t know about the elven view of love, or their pure and selfless devotion, but he definitely knew that if a cute girl threw herself at him, he wouldn’t be a man if he didn’t devour her completely.

Under such circumstances, Lucy didn’t want to follow and watch her future husband flirt with a pure elven girl.

Therefore…

“Let’s go, let’s play on our own and leave them alone.”

Lucy said, pretending to be unconcerned, and pulled Lasha’s hand, walking away without looking back.

“…”

Lasha glanced at Lucy’s hand holding hers, then chose to remain silent.

“Play?”

“Play!”

Lilith and Millu quickly put aside their confusion and became excited again.

Just like that, Shien ran off with Melika.

With someone chasing after them.