The Shadow
"Then, take care of yourself."
"Yeah. I'll leave it to you."
"Don't worry."
I knocked out Hisoka as well and entrusted Nemea with Avalon's fairies, then turned my steps towards where the party members were, with Sonic by my side.
"Eh? Sonic, look over there."
"Huh? Ah, enemies."
The place I pointed to had subordinates of the Blood King extinguishing their lights. Most were ordinary soldiers, and the Master and fairies commanding them were only 5-star.
"Shall we fight?"
"Soldiers don't matter, but it's a shame to just pass by the Master and fairies, right?"
"Then I'll go first, Master!"
"Eh?"
With a mischievous smile, Sonic sped up and shot forward first.
"You cute little guy."
I laughed at Sonic's prank and accelerated in the same way.
"Put out the fire quickly!"
"Yes... Eh? M-Master, be careful!"
"Eh? Uheh?!"
Clang!
Sonic, who had rushed over like lightning, swung her sword at the Master commanding the soldiers. If the fairy who had spotted Sonic in time hadn't rushed over to block the sword, the enemy's Master would have lost his head.
"W-What is this guy!"
"Haaaat!"
"Enemy! Capture them!"
The enemy's fairies swarmed in and surrounded Sonic.
"....."
In an instant, Sonic was in a disadvantageous position surrounded by enemies, but she remained calm without panicking. With one eye closed, she lightly bounced in place and then dashed to the side.
"Where do you think you're going! You can't escape... Eh?"
The fairy on the left swung her sword as Sonic approached. But Sonic easily dodged the sword swung by the fairy. No, it wasn't just dodging.
Slash!
"Cough?!"
Sonic dodged the enemy's attack and at the same time swung her sword to cut off the fairy's neck. Her speed suddenly increased, and the enemy fairy couldn't respond in time.
The fairy who was cut on the neck didn't die immediately because of her high HP and defense stats, but she was fatally wounded and couldn't participate in the battle.
"Ambi! Kuek... This bastard!"
"Kill! Capture that bitch!"
In the blink of an eye, one fairy fell, and the enemy Master and fairies, enraged, rushed at Sonic. But they couldn't catch up with Sonic's rapid movements.
'It's starting to show a bit of my old form.'
Watching Sonic fight without participating, I felt a longing for the past.
In my previous life, the Sonic I raised in Fairy Masters became a power-type fairy with a final form CC skill, but before that, she was a typical agile swordsman with strong speed.
It was the same in this life, but in the previous life too, Sonic had had special grade characteristics [Speed Star] and [Darkness] since the moment I first summoned her.
Speed Star increased agility stats by 3 points permanently and by an additional 5 points when entering combat. It also raised the level of skills related to speed by 1.
With such good characteristics, it was natural to grow her as a fairy emphasizing agility.
Sonic had been active in all content in Fairy Masters, such as PVP, story, and raid.
Watching her trample on enemies with overwhelming speed, I recalled the Sonic of that time.
'Now Sonic is...'
'Well raised!'
I smiled happily at the well-grown Sonic.
I didn't get new characteristics, but I raised the [Swordsman (Normal)] class to Master level, and the stats were decent.
By the way, the [Intimidation (Temporary)] in Sonic's characteristic window and the [Darkness (Temporary)] in the skill window were created by the effect of her special grade [Darkness] characteristic.
Darkness increases all stats by 1 point each when night falls, and the [Intimidation] characteristic activates permanently, and she can use a skill with the same name [Darkness].
Intimidation lowers the stats of enemies with lower levels by 1 point each and can restrict their actions.
The description of restricting actions is ambiguous, but the effect is enormous.
"Damn! Why is she so fast!"
"Die! Kueh?!"
The enemy fairy trying to attack Sonic flinched and couldn't finish thrusting her spear. Thanks to that, Sonic easily dodged the spearwoman fairy's attack and escaped the encirclement.
"What? Why aren't you attacking?!"
"S-Sorry! But for some reason, my body suddenly froze..."
"What are you saying right now! Quickly capture that girl!"
"Uh, okay!"
The spearwoman fairy, scolded by her fellow fairy, rushed at Sonic again and swung her spear. But even after that, she flinched and missed attack opportunities several times.
This was the meaning of one of the effects of the [Intimidation] characteristic: [Restricting actions]. It was a certain probability of not being able to attack.
"Kyah! She's coming at me! What are you doing! Help me quickly!"
"Damn! She's too fast! You stupid girl! Dodge!"
"How am I supposed to escape... Kyah, kyaaah! Don't come!"
Sonic, who had been moving while avoiding the enemies' attacks, suddenly increased her speed and rushed towards the lone enemy magic fairy.
"Don't come!"
She was frightened and instinctively thrust her staff towards Sonic. At the tip of the staff, orange flames flickered as if about to shoot.
Ssssst-!
At that moment.
Sonic's body suddenly split into two. The split Sonic ran towards the magic fairy from both sides.
"W-What? U, uuu... Dieeeet!"
When Sonic became two, the magic fairy, extremely panicked, screamed and used magic on the Sonic on the right. A sphere of hot flames flew.
Ssssst-!
But it was fake. It was a clone created by the [Two Bodies (Lv.20/High)] skill.
The real one was the left one.
Slash!
"... Kuek!"
The fairy who was cut on the neck fell helplessly. Eventually, she disappeared in light. Unlike the fairy who had been attacked first, the magic fairy had low HP and durability stats.
Sonic, who killed the magic fairy, moved again as if still lacking. This time, she charged head-on, as if intending to fight properly without dodging.
"Kuek! Die!"
The spearwoman fairy, realizing that she couldn't beat Sonic, didn't give up and thrust her spear at Sonic. There was only one Master behind her, and she didn't run to protect him.
Ziiing- Chwaak-!
But Sonic's target wasn't the spearwoman fairy.
Sonic used the [Magic Net (Lv.18/High)] skill to throw a net woven with magic power.
"Kueh?! W-What is this?!"
The spearwoman fairy, who had been guarding her position like a gatekeeper, couldn't avoid the flying magic net and was bound tightly. Sonic passed by her side.
Sonic's target was the Master hiding behind the spearwoman fairy.
"U, uaaaaa! What are you doing! Protect me quickly!"
"Master!"
When Sonic passed the spearwoman fairy and rushed at her, the panicked enemy Master crouched and the fairies nearby rushed to save him.
"....."
Squeeeewoon-!
And at this moment, the fifth skill, the temporary [Darkness] skill, was activated.
Darkness (Temporary)
The darkness writhed as if it had form, wrapping around Sonic. The figure of Sonic wrapped in darkness like a cloak was invisible.
Instead, what was there was a black monster.
The darkness flickered like a curtain, and the whole body was black, an unclear form monster.
"W-What is that..."
"Ah, aaaaa..."
It had a form similar to a giant slime, making the viewer fall into [fear].
The enemy Master and fairies overwhelmed by the monster froze their legs and couldn't run away. The monster pounced on them.
Slash-! Chwaak-! Slash-! Chwaak-!
"Kyahaaaaak!"
"Kueeueuk!"
"S-Save me... Aaaaaak!"
Screams echoed in the darkness. Their figures were invisible. All that could be heard was their screams.
Swoosh-
After a while, the darkness that had wrapped them like a curtain on the stage lifted.
"... Kuek!"
Light scattered, and in it were two men and women.
The man was vomiting blood and in pain, and the woman was holding a blood-stained sword with a dignified posture.
"Ah, aaaaa..."
Soon after, the man who had been vomiting blood eventually lost his life.
"U, uaaaaa! Run away!"
"Save me!"
When the commanding Master and fairies were all dead, the soldiers who had come to extinguish the lights followed them began to flee. Sonic didn't chase the fleeing soldiers.
"Kueh...! Our Sonic is amazing!"
Watching the scene from the wheat field, I clapped and approached Sonic. Then Sonic looked at me with an angry face.
"I thought you'd fight together with the Master."
"I didn't think I needed to."
"Hmph."
With a shrug, Sonic pouted her lips. She was really cute.
'2 levels up.'
In an instant, 2 levels rose, and Sonic became level 89.
Even now, Sonic was defeating enemies of similar levels with overwhelming speed.
But here's an important fact: Sonic wasn't using all the power given to her.
[Potential: 88]
Sonic hadn't used even one potential point to raise her stats yet.
If she had used those potential points long ago, she would have defeated the enemies much faster than now.
"Well done, Sonic. The old form is starting to come back?"
"To reach the old level, it's still a long way off."
"Before that, I need to get the class. Do you want a specific class? Or like in the previous life, [Ghost Swordsman]?"
"Wouldn't it be better to follow the previous life's path? It's a guaranteed success path."
"That's true. Then let's prepare to obtain the Ghost Swordsman class."
"I'm ready anytime."
"A very good attitude."
I smiled happily at the trustworthy Sonic. Alan and Sonic picked up the items the enemies had used and moved on.
"By the way, Master."
"Huh?"
"Why are you touching my butt?"
Sonic looked at my hand rubbing her butt and asked. I didn't remove my hand from her butt and continued groping. Both the elasticity and the feel were good, so I couldn't stop.
"Earlier, your fighting looked too sexy, and I couldn't hold back. After today is over, I'll immediately do it, so remember that."
"... Yes."
Sonic blushed and nodded. It's not because she's my fairy, Sonic is really cute.