You demon... let's die together!"
"... That is... hee~, self-destruction? How brave. I can say I don't hate it."
"Shut it!"
The light wrapping Meld was similar to Kouki's "Limit Break" in a glance while magic power gushed out of his body. However, it was actually not from his body but the crystal hanging on his neck.
Seeing that, the Demon Race woman instantly saw through his personality and satisfyingly praised him.
The crystal's name was "Last Loyalty," an evil tool to self-destruct just like the Demon Race woman said. Someone with high position in the Kingdom and Church of the Saints naturally carried important information with him. And because there's magic capable of reading one's memory in dark attributed magic, that person would be forced to carry the crystal when he went to the frontline. It would be used in time of emergence so the memory could not be read, along with the intention of involving the enemy with the self-destruction.
Meld's last attack that risked his life made Kouki's party screamed out his name. However, unlike them, the Demon Race woman was still calm even though she'd be swallowed by the explosion and die.
Thus the "Last Loyalty" Meld carried increased its shine further, and one sentence was muttered right before it activated.
"Devour it, Absod."
Immediately, after the Demon Race woman's voice rang out, the "Last Loyalty" on its limit let out tremendous lights, and lost its shine.
"Wh-!? What's happen!"
If one looked carefully, the overflowing lights were flowing into a certain direction. Meld frantically moved only his gaze towards that direction while still pinning the Demon Race woman, and there was the six-legged turtle shaped demonic beast whose opened mouth was inhaling the lights wrapping Meld.
The six-legged turtle demonic beast was called Absod. Its peculiar magic was "Magic Storage." It was a skill to freely take and stock magic inside its body. On the other hand, it could not use the stored magic if more than one magic if it took different elements. It only had the ability of letting out the magic again by compressing it from its mouth. However, the storage could even store high-ranked magic. It was a natural enemy for people who fight using magic.
The light wrapping Meld from "Last Loyalty" rapidly lost, and it exhausted all its powers and became a normal crystal. Suddenly, an impact from an attack hit Meld who was flabbergasted because his last struggle had been obstructed in an unexpected way, but the impact wasn't that strong. What is it?, Meld looked down towards his abdomen where the impact came from.
A reddish brown blade could be seen. Accurately, a blade of sand had pierced through Meld's abdomen from his back. The blade piercing him from behind had blood dripping at the tip.
"... Meld-san!"
Kouki shouted Meld's name without minding his vomited blood. Meld reacted to his call and the gaze on his abdomen shifted to Kouki. He then frowned he moved his mouth to say, "Sorry," while revealing a mortified smile.
Immediately, the sand blade swung horizontally and Meld was blown away. Just like a powerless doll, thud!, he was thrown to the ground. The pool of blood spread little by little. Anyone see it would think of it as a mortal wound. It was already a miracle he was capable of moving while covered in wounds, but everyone knew that this time it was the true end.