Astral Online: Cursed by the Demon Lord to Become the Strongest Beautiful Girl, I Rapidly Grow and Dominate with Cheat Skills Despite Being the Weakest Profession - Chapter 132

Chapter 132: The Disaster Brought by Gray

This happened just a few minutes after Sora had fallen asleep.

As instructed, she had expanded her ?Perception II? skill to a radius of up to 20 meters, staying on high alert. Suddenly, an unidentified mysterious response appeared that he couldn’t recognize.

Because she was also using ?Insight II? in tandem with ?Perception II?, Sora could usually gather some information about distant individuals, but this mysterious figure was deliberately concealing its presence in a way that made it unreadable.

It was probably a skill belonging to ?Concealment?.

According to the map of the lava region, no monsters with such a skill were known to exist.

Even among the dragon kin who worshipped the ?Demon Dragon King?, there were none with such an ability.

What is this thing?

The only thing that could be inferred from the information was that the person—or creature—was far from ordinary.

Realizing this, the support system ?Lucifel? quickly deemed this a threat that could not be ignored and immediately decided to wake Sora.

……………………

?Master! There’s an emergency, please wake up immediately!?

“????!”

Even while asleep, Sora had not relaxed her combat readiness. She woke up instantly at ?Lucifel?’s loudest volume, lifting her head from Kuro’s lap and immediately springing up from the bench.

Glancing at the stage, the dance seemed to be nearing its end.

“Sora!?”

Kuro shows a surprised expression, but there is no time to apologize for it.

Sora looked at the ?Perception II? area displayed by ?Lucifel? and had it gather information on the approaching mysterious presence.

After confirming the data in my mind, I widened my eyes in shock.

What is this insane speed…!?

From a distance of 20 meters, it was approaching as if it were flying through the air, completely ignoring obstacles and heading straight toward us.

?Perception? doesn’t just track distance, it can also see the altitude of things within its range.

At this high speed, I realized that this thing wasn’t just flying—it was actually coming from several dozen meters up in the air.

In terms of shape, it wasn’t anything like a dragon.

Could it be… a human?

While I was still processing this, the unknown entity—whether enemy or ally—reached the central plaza where Kuro and I were.

Looking up at the sky, I opened a window and began to operate it, placing my hand on my most trusted companion, the ?Silver Magic Sword?, which I had equipped at my waist.

“Kuro, something bad is coming. Get ready!”

“Got it…!”

After briefly explaining the situation, Kuro also took up a battle stance.

And then, the unidentified entity quickly passed directly above us.

I saw it.

From the red sky at sunset, a gray girl descended, spreading a pair of white and black angel wings, which seemed to be part of a set. She landed gracefully in front of the two dragon shrine maidens, who had just finished their ritual dance.

When the girl landed on the stage, her wings had already disappeared from her back, and I found myself rubbing my eyes, wondering if I had just imagined the entire thing in the game.

But the girl was standing there, in reality.

Judging by her age, she seemed to be about the same as Kuro and my current self.

Her face, as beautiful as a goddess from a story, was framed by long gray hair that reached the back of her knees, and her almond-shaped eyes were heterochromatic, with the right one gold and the left one a deep blue.

Her body, frighteningly slender, was clad in a pure white battle dress, with the back largely exposed—symbolizing her innocence.

The divine presence she exuded was so overwhelming that everyone stopped moving, as if they had become entranced by the appearance of an actual angel.

Before anyone knew it, the girl was holding in her left hand the “two dragon fans” that had been used in the ritual dance.

The two dragon shrine maidens, realizing that the important fans they had been using for the ceremony were now missing, opened their mouths with surprised expressions.

“That—”

“Silence.”

Before Satanas could say anything, the gray girl swung her right hand.

Without anyone noticing, a one-handed sword in the same gray color as her hair had appeared in her grip and cut through the young girl’s body.

At that moment, everyone thought it was over.

But just before it happened, Alice moved as if she had been jolted awake and wrapped her arms around the small Satanas, taking the blow on her own back.

However, Alice wasn’t offering her body without any preparation.

Thanks to the ?Defense Power Boost Enchantment V? skill that Sora had previously taught her, Alice activated the ?Perfect Protect Call? skill, which could block one attack from an enemy.

This should have been enough to defend against it.

Alice and Sora’s assumption was that “against an ordinary enemy, there would be no problem.”

But when the gray blade collided with one of the strongest defenses. It passed through effortlessly without any resistance.

With the dragon princess’s agonizing scream, a bright red effect exploded across the stage.

Alice’s HP, already severely damaged from the slash to her back, plummeted to less than 20%.

Sora was stunned, not only because the invincible skill had been broken, but also because despite having preemptively applied ?Defense Power Boost Enchantment V? five times, it had still been reduced to this level.

If she hadn’t increased her defense, Alice would have undoubtedly died from that one blow.

Both Alice and Satanas collapsed, falling together in a heap.

The shocking sight was met with piercing screams from the people who witnessed it.

Soldiers rushing to the stage in a panic to protect Alice, confused civilians with no combat ability, and adventurers who had believed it was part of the event all froze, unable to comprehend what had just happened, and the central plaza quickly descended into chaos.

In the middle of all this, as the gray girl raised her sword to deliver a final blow, Sora activated ?Accelerator? and made a powerful leap from a distance, heading straight toward the stage where Alice and Satanas lay.

Closing the distance at speeds greater than the speed of sound, she intercepted the downward strike meant to kill them, and managed to deflect it with the ?Silver Magic Sword?.

The high-pitched sound of metal clashing rang out, and sparks flew violently between them.

Though the force of the blow threatened to overwhelm her, Sora gritted her teeth and held her ground.

As their gazes met, the gray girl gave a faint smile on her emotionless face.

“Oh, you must be Lucifer? What a coincidence to meet you here.”

“Who are you!?”

“I’d love to introduce myself and have a little tea, but unfortunately, I didn’t come here to play today.”

With a truly regretful sigh, the gray girl stopped the blade lock and took a step back.

Sora, chasing after her, swung her sword horizontally, but she narrowly dodged it, kicking off the ground to leap high into the air.

Normally, one would aim for where she would land, but the gray girl spread two wings and simply stopped mid-air.

“Ah, well. Once I obtained the spare key, I was planning to get rid of the cumbersome main key… But it seems with you as my opponent, that’s going to be difficult.”

“Spare key?”

“Lucifer, you don’t know, do you? To put it simply, it’s the key to breaking the seal of the ?Demon Dragon King? Belial.”

“Wha—!?”

“Of course, I have no intention of returning it. I don’t like being interrupted, so let’s have the useless fools who failed to get the main key hold you back instead.”

With a snap of her fingers, explosions sounded from all directions.

Since I have ?Perception? skills, I quickly realized that the cause was an attack by the followers of the ?Demon Dragon King?.

This isn’t good. If I don’t call for the adventurers to intercept immediately, the civilians of this country will be in danger.

Taking advantage of the situation, the gray-haired girl spoke her parting words to Sora while ascending into the sky.

“Well then, I suppose we’ll meet again someday. Iblis’ dear companion.”

The gray girl smiled and flew away.

Unable to fly, Sora had no way to chase after her.