Editing Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 7 Chapter 4 (section)

===Part 13===
In the instant that Toujou Basara saw the back of the figure standing in front of him — when Ramsas protected him and Mio.

“Why—…?”

Mio confusedly asked while in Basara’s arms. Ramsas did not look back and still faced the front, but—

“………!”

His stance suddenly faltered, and he kneeled with one knee on the ground as if he had lost balance.

“…Are you okay!?”

They had once heard that using gravity magic would cause a great burden on Ramsas.

“—Are you okay?”

When Basara and Mio hurriedly moved forward to support him, Leohart also followed to meet together with them.

“…If you have the time to support me, you should think about how to deal with that thing instead.”

Being surrounded by the three people, Ramsas reprimanded them.

“Think of a way…how?”

After fighting against Chaos until now, they still had not found any means of restraining it, causing Mio to reluctantly say that. But then—

“—No, but there is one now.”

With a clear voice, Toujou Basara brought forth a beacon of hope. Before their eyes — Ramsas’ gravity magic barrier had succeeded in suppressing Chaos, causing it to remain in the same place. Although Chaos was supposedly able to block magic, it was trapped within the barrier because Ramsas’ gravity magic affected the entire surrounding space, generating a dimensional fault that Chaos was unable to cross. In other words—

“Gravity-based attacks may be able to seal it into another dimension.”

Toujou Basara recalled how when Wilbert’s power went out of control in Mio’s body, it formed something like a black hole. Also, it was not just a simple physical phenomenon, it was a magic black hole. If they could recreate that kind of black hole again to absorb Chaos, then it was likely possible to seal it into another dimension. —Hence, Basara explained his battle plan to everyone present. As soon as Ramsas lifted his gravity magic, Basara would use [Banishing Shift] frontally to supress Chaos and Mio would use her gravity magic at full strength again to generate a black hole; Chaos would naturally try to dodge — so at that time, Leohart would use Loki’s power to push it, so that the black hole could swallow it — that was Basara’s plan. After listening to the explanation, Leohart and Ramsas nodded with acceptance.

“………”

However, Mio had so far been unable to control Wilbert’s power, and her expression seemed uneasy. Seeing this, Basara lightly put his hands on her shoulders and said

“Don’t be afraid…believe in me. Didn’t we promise that we would finish all of this and then go home with everyone?”

After Basara saw Mio nod keenly, he slowly began to step forward.

“I’ll leave the end up to you…”

“…Very well.”

After Leohart lifted Loki and responded to Basara, Basara continued to move forward by himself — towards Chaos.

“———”

After he was a sufficient distance away from Mio and the others, he lowered his stance and concentrated — it was the stance for an all-conquering Dimensional Slash. By using [Banishing Shift] at the same time as his Dimensional Slash, even if he could not entirely eliminate his opponent, he would be able to significantly enhance its power. So Basara concentrated every fragment of his mind, and waited for that moment. In this state where his concentration was at its maximum, even all noise in his ears had been blocked out.

“………”

When the entire world appeared to enter a state of silence — Ramsas lifted the gravity magic.

[———]

As soon as Chaos broke free of the dimensional cage, it jumped down from a rooftop and landed in front of Basara who was closest to it. Facing the overwhelming incarnation of death in front of him, Basara was still unable to move. Chaos also appeared to be on alert, and did not move. Amidst the silence, only the atmosphere continued to intensify. And then — that moment finally arrived. The first one to act was Chaos.

[———]

In response to the remaining right arm that slashed down with its enormous sword, and the thrust of the incoming tentacles, Toujou Basara unleashed the ultimate blow. Raising all of his movements to their maximum speed, he charged towards the Demon God. Using Brynhildr, he let loose a Dimensional Slash — and on top of that, [Banishing Shift]; everything finished in an instant. Amidst the sharp ringing sound of a ‘clang’, Chaos’ tentacles, the right arm that held the gigantic sword, and even the area from its shoulder to its lower torso all burst into droplets — but the battle was not over yet. Toujou leapt towards Chaos in front of him while shouting

“—Mio!”

 

When she heard Basara’s cry, Mio had already completed the preparations to activate her gravity magic. Using the small gap after he had cut from Chaos’ right arm down to its lower torso, he passed by the side of Chaos’ body as if he was changing position—

“———!”

In that moment, Naruse Mio unleashed the gravity magic that she had built-up within her body to the limit. That power pushed Chaos down from directly above, and generated a black hole — this kind of thing did not happen.

“——!”

Just as Naruse Mio’s consciousness began to blur after she put forth all her strength, something happened. Although her gravity magic was indeed covering Chaos, the centre point was a little further forward. ''I must not harm Basara''…these kinds of thoughts caused Mio to subconsciously move the position a little forward, but — this was a fatal mistake.

[………]

Chaos used its tentacles like legs against the ground, and pushed backwards to jump away and escape from the area of Mio’s gravity magic. Failure — the worst possible word evoked thoughts of desperation in her mind.

''…Ah….''

But, Mio then saw Basara’s figure as he moved around to Chaos’ back and used his right leg as a pivot to turn around, and swing Brynhildr horizontally.

“………”

“Uuuooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—!”

The instant that his blade was swung, Brynhildr unleashed a red wave. It was the same as before when he had almost crushed Leohart — the gravity wave had turned into a slash.

There was gravity magic that Mio had released from above, and the gravity wave that Basara had unleashed horizontally. The clash of their two attacks caused the black hole that Mio generated to greatly distort, and the red torrents that flowed towards the dimensional hole immobilised Chaos as it tried to escape.

[———]

Even though it suffered blows of gravity both vertically and horizontally, Chaos still made every effort to move towards an area with less influence — it was struggling for its life. —However, the Demon Lord Leohart would not allow it. Before Chaos could act, Leohart poured all his strength into the magic circuit of Loki while in mid-air—

''…So he anticipated this from the beginning huh.''

When Leohart flew to this position at the timing that was decided in advance, he understood Basara’s intentions. After cutting off Chaos’ right arm — Basara’s method of escape was to run from the area in front of Chaos to its back so that he would essentially swap front and rear positions. If he only wanted to evade Mio’s gravity magic, there was no need to risk getting closer to Chaos; retreating backwards or to either the left or right sides would have been safer. Deliberately choosing to move behind Chaos was so that he could remain in position. If he retreated backwards or to the left or right side, he would increase his distance from Chaos — in that way, after having its right arm cut off, Chaos would have likely chased after Basara in reflex. But — if Basara deliberately closed their distance, Chaos would continue to attack in that position. This action had indeed succeeded in trapping Chaos under the effect of Mio’s gravity magic. He also unleashed another gravity wave from behind it, which impacted with Mio’s gravity magic to spawn an even more powerful vortex of gravity, further limiting Chaos’ means of escape, resulting in the most beneficial results. Despite the fact that this perfect implementation before his eyes had brought forth a slight feelings of astonishment, Leohart still fulfilled his own role without any hesitation.

“Slumber eternally in the dimensional gap, Ancient Demon God!”

Together with his yell, Leohart brought Loki down. The black wave unleashed from the full-powered magic circuit of the demonic sword surged into the gravitational vortex of Mio and Basara, and moved straight towards Chaos.

[———]

The ancient Demon God that had awakened in this world was thus pushed into the centre of the black hole. In the next instant — Mio’s black hole twisted beyond the critical point, and instantly collapsed because it was unable to sustain the mass.

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The swirling vortex of air and magic subsided, and the space also returned to normal. After the black hole that swallowed everything around it disappeared, all that was left on the ground was an empty crater. The figure of the Demon God Chaos had already disappeared without a trace. So—

“………”

Leohart slowly lowered Loki, and then dismissed it. —This action represented that the battle had truly come to an end. At the same time, Ramsas supported the unconscious Naruse Mio in his arms. Toujou Basara moved forward steadily, and walked towards her.

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