“As the source of your power, the next queen commands you. Let the way of all things be revealed once more! Blazing flames of hell! Drifa Hellfire!” Witch was still fixated on being the next queen, clearly! Melty was the queen of our world now! There was no place for Witch!

I thought for a moment about what I could do . . . and then realized I had heard the incantation, in which case, it had to be worth a go!

“As the source of your power, the shield hero commands you. Let the way of all things be revealed once more! Scatter that wretch’s blazing flames of hell! Anti Drifa Hellfire!” The magic I unleashed quickly cancelled out the massive ball of flame Witch had summoned up.

“Magic nullification? And how are you casting it so fast?!” Watch raged. She hadn’t been there in the second battle with Takt, so she didn’t know about that particular trick yet.

My incantation interference had worked anyway, so it looked like the Way of the Dragon Vein could still be used too. In either case, I couldn’t use attack magic, and there wasn’t much support magic I could offer in this situation. It might be better to have Itsuki cast it.

I was basically without my shield though, meaning I probably could attack a little.

“For Master Hidemasa, death to the hero from another world!” Miyaji’s women came at me, swinging a selection of blades.

“Mr. Naofumi!” Raphtalia shouted.

“Don’t worry about me!” I shouted back. Considering the kinds of enemies I had fought in the past, it was easy to read the attacks of these women. I pushed life force through my body using Hengen Muso Style and danced through the attacks.

“He dodged them?!” one woman exclaimed. Now that I knew I could use life force, I had at least some hope for fighting back. Even as that thought came to me, Armor charged in.

“Great Quake III!” he shouted, swinging down his axe and causing an earthquake!

“You moron! Stop it!” I shouted. This was an underground maze! Was he looking to bury us all alive?

“I’m not listening to anything you have to say, Demon King!” Armor cackled. Maybe this place was earthquake-proof. The ground still split open, however, making it hard to dodge around. He was definitely stealing my power-up methods! He wasn’t able to use X class, from the look of it, but if he was applying all the power-up methods he was aware of, his attacks would likely hurt me even if I had my shield!

“Eat this!” shouted one of Miyaji’s women, even as Armor roared again. I grunted as the attack landed, unable to avoid it due to terrible footing.

“What?!” one of the women reacted.