One day, while spending my time fleeing from those who pursued me.
"The weather's nice. On days like this, somehow..."
"Warning. Three unidentified flying objects are approaching at high speed."
"W-what...?"
At Prome's words, I used terrain detection to observe the surrounding landscape like a satellite radar. As a result, three red dots were racing toward me at an absurd speed. They were likely the two demon lords and the one demon-lord-like being Prome had mentioned before... I considered just running, but if I fled, they would never stop chasing me until they caught me. Giving up on that idea, I prepared to face them.
Actually, rather than running forever, maybe I should just face them head-on?
The amount of magicules each of them possessed easily surpassed that of a Chaos Dragon.
"Notice. They will arrive here in exactly 10 seconds."
While I was thinking, I could already see a red object flying toward me at extreme speed.
The object landed powerfully right in front of me, sending shockwaves and clouds of dust scattering as it violently altered the terrain.
"Finally found you..."
A red-haired man, his upper body bare, grinned at me.
"Guy Crimson..."
I quickly racked my brain, searching for a way to navigate this situation.
There was no way I could win three against one, so if possible, I needed to settle this peacefully... but I couldn't just stand here and do nothing either.
Crackle...
I let electricity flow through my spear and confronted the red-haired demon lord.
"A new draconic lineage... I have something I want to ask you. What is your name?"
Name? My name... Come to think of it, I didn't have a proper name in this world.
"...Hey, answer me."
"...I have no name, Demon Lord."
"Do you know who I am? I never imagined someone of your caliber would be without a name. I have many things I want to ask, but first... entertain me!!"
With those words, the man vanished. More precisely, he charged at me at several times the speed of sound. My physical abilities had increased dramatically through awakening, so I twisted my body to avoid the attack, then poured electricity into my leg and launched a kick. However, the man blocked it with ease.
After several exchanges of feints and counters, our fists collided.
The man still had not used his skills. I was the same, but if we kept fighting without them, I might struggle. The only saving grace was that the two women behind him were merely observing; it seemed they had no intention of joining in.
"Napalm Burst."
From the red-haired man's right hand, crimson flames flickered and gradually took the shape of a dragon before shooting toward me fiercely.
Boom!
Instinctively, my wings became a shield to block the attack. While the shield held back Guy's magic, I fired a magic bullet charged with cold electricity from my long spear toward him.
Bang!!
A blue bolt of lightning struck the red man's foot directly, and the point of impact began to freeze slowly.
Rumble...
At the same time, the sky gradually darkened, and a red bolt of lightning came crashing down upon Guy's head. The red lightning struck him directly, searing his entire body with a burning sensation. He looked at me with a surprised expression, the corners of his mouth curling upward.
"This is better than I expected... You're interesting!"
Honestly, chatting while fighting. He really is full of himself.
"Then, shall I try the power I just obtained?"
I took to the air with my huge wings, and black storm clouds gathered in a swirling mass around me. Purple lightning began crackling along my spear.
"Trizen Discharge!"
I released a violet current, different from the one before, sealing the opponent's movements while simultaneously draining his magicules.
The purple lightning coiled around Guy's body, stealing away his energy.
But Guy broke free of the restraint as if it were nothing.
He still isn't using a skill, so it doesn't seem like he intends to seriously harm me...
But for now, the priority was breaking through this situation!
Keeping hold of my spear, I lowered my stance and prepared to thrust it straight at the man.
"Your name is...?"
"Guy. Guy Crimson."
"I see. I'll remember it."
With those words, my spear and Guy's fist were about to collide.
Bang!!
But at that very moment, an ice wall appeared in front of Guy and blocked my attack.
"...Shall we stop the fight here?"
Standing there was a beautiful woman with white hair. Cold air flowed from her body, and it was clear that she was the one who had created the ice wall.
"Velzard... Tch, the timing was perfect..."
The beauty called Velzard looked me over once before turning her gaze back to Guy.
"Guy. Surely you haven't forgotten our purpose, have you?"
"I know, Velzard. Hey, you. Come with us."
"...?"
I didn't know exactly what their purpose was, but I judged that following them would be to my advantage, so I silently trailed after them.