The Hero’s Mentor is a Demon (King) Witch

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10 minutes ago.

“Fire—!!”

A large-scale battle was unfolding at the outskirts of the Elf Forest.

Monstrous creatures invading the forest.

And elves who came out armed to fend off the beasts.

Chomp!

The Kimarias devoured the elves in an instant, while the surviving elves fiercely shot arrows in resistance.

“Focus on their eyes! Their skin is useless!”

An elf with golden hair shouted while pulling back his bowstring.

This elf, much bustier than the others, wore a crown woven with laurels and created arrows infused with much clearer magical power to shoot at the Kimarias.

The Elf Queen.

The ruler of all elves in the forest.

At the same time, the strongest being among the elves.

Despite her shooting arrows woven with mana, they did not pierce the Kimarias at all.

Crack!

Instead, the Kimarias caught the arrows in their mouths and bit them apart.

Chewing the arrows made of mana between their teeth, they grabbed the fallen elves with their mana-imbued fangs.

“Ahhh! Noooo—!”

The elves screamed as they resisted the Kimarias.

But the Kimarias effortlessly ignored their resistance and opened their jaws, and in an instant, the elf was torn in half—

Splurt—!!

A golden arrow shot through the trees from somewhere, flying like a bird, pierced clean through the Kimaria’s wrist, and the elf held captive dropped to the ground along with the remnants of its hand.

“What is this…?”

“Is everyone okay?!”

With a tinkling voice, a blonde elf girl arrived carried by the wind.

“Rosmas!”

“Mother!!”

Rosmas lightly bowed her head to the Queen, who was facing her with a delighted expression, and then raised her bow forward.

“Retreat! Reinforcements will arrive soon!”

“Reinforcements? From where?”

“Just wait a little—”

Whoosh.

The wind began to howl with enough strength to flip the elves’ skirts.

And the moment it reached the Kimarias, it transformed into a typhoon bursting into the sky, instantly sending the Kimarias soaring into the air.

Kyaaa—!!

Caught in the massive swirling cyclone, the Kimarias flailed their four legs in every direction.

“That…?”

Just moments ago, the Kimarias slicing through elves were now soaring skyward like a cat caught by a human, leaving the elves gaping in shock.

To the elves, the wind had merely lifted their skirts, but upon reaching the Kimarias, it became a typhoon that sent them all flying.

And then—

Bang, bang, bang!!

At that moment the typhoon turned red, the Kimaria horde vanished without a trace.

In the distance, there seemed to be white powder swirling, but no one could fathom its identity.

All that was visible was the golden storm that had shredded the monsters in an instant.

“…Princess. Is this the reinforcement you spoke of?”

I had heard the news that he was moving with heroes.

But I never imagined such help would come at this critical moment.

“I don’t know what kind of power that is… What is that, it’s scary.”

“…….”

Rosmas looked up at the golden storm with a blank expression.

“Could Lucius do something like that…? With clones…?”

Rosmas was lost in confusion.

The elves were saved, but—

*

“This is what it means to be a god.”

I couldn’t help but marvel at the sight of Lucius splitting numerous Kimarias into pieces with just a finger.

“Well? How does it feel to have the power of a god?”

“It’s a bit overwhelming since I didn’t gain it myself.”

“Oh, not this again. Want to undergo a trial?”

“I’d rather not.”

It seemed Lucius was truly dazed by gaining power beyond his recognition.

And rightly so, he was just someone who ran around waving dual poles against Arpe.

For such a person to suddenly create a typhoon with a mere gesture, control the atmosphere, and handle the air flow of the entire planet made it entirely reasonable for it to be weird.

“Get used to it. There will be times when you’ll need to wield this kind of power in the future.”

“Am I supposed to manage everything from now on…?”

“No. Nature always tries to maintain its state. Sleipnir is the same. If you leave it to ‘autopilot’, Sleipnir will make the atmosphere flow into ‘initial state’ on its own.”

When the gods descended to this world for the first time and manipulated the atmosphere to create an environment suitable for living beings including humans, they could revert to the unchanged state of the atmosphere from ancient times to the present or destroy an entire planet in an instant.

‘Now, even if it were destroyed, I wouldn’t mind.’

For the sake of my beloved family, I protected this planet; the Sorceress Bel has perished, and I have my daughter’s physical body.

As long as I recover the island filled with memories of Arpe, even if the entire planet turns into a world of death, honestly, I wouldn’t care.

As long as I take care of Zephar.

What worries me are Lucifer and the Moon Goddess, but they only know so much.

“Lucius. All spirit devices and holy swords possess the power to destroy worlds. For someone like you, it’s quite simple.”

I reached out to Lucius’s neck and lightly pressed his prayer with my thumb.

“Living beings on the surface need ‘oxygen.’ If you remove that from the atmosphere, then within 10 minutes, all living beings on the planet will die.”

“……Is that the power I have right now?”

“It’s no metaphor. It’s real.”

Lucius hurriedly withdrew his hand from the magical panel.

“What’s wrong? You said you’d become a god.”

“…Yes. I have to become a god. But Master, I’m worried. I want to keep my sanity intact, but I’m afraid something useless might happen around me.”

“Are you concerned about hearing something like, ‘Use the power of the holy sword to send their kingdom flying away’?”

“That too….”

“Don’t worry. I trust you.”

I shifted my hand to Lucius’s shoulder and gently massaged it.

“If it’s you, you surely won’t be easily swayed by others. Your resolve is firmer and sturdier than anyone else’s. Right?”

“Firm and solid enough to be worthy of calling myself the god of the sky.”

“You have plenty of confidence.”

I pulled my legs inward.

“Excuse me.”

For a moment, I draped my calves over Lucius’s thighs, then lightly raised my feet onto the opposite armrest and lifted my body.

“Whew.”

I lightly landed my bottom on the backrest of Lucius’s throne.

“Lucius. By now, you must have a grasp of your strength, shall we head back down to the surface?”

“Uh, Master.”

“What?”

Lucius turned his head toward me, then quickly looked forward again.

“May I test my strength a little more?”

“What? What if something goes wrong down there?”

“Surely that wouldn’t happen, would it? We just—”

Lucius pointed to the ground.

“We’ve only been on the Sky Island for barely five hours.”

“…True.”

No way.

“No incident could happen before a day passes.”

*

And then.

Late at night.

“Who goes there?”

A woman appeared before Liriez Cesarcross, who was about to descend from the Bride ship near the system.

“Nice to meet you, Hero of the Holy Sword. Commander of the Holy Knight Order. With so many titles, I don’t know what to call you.”

“Who are you?”

“I am the one who supports love. The guardian of copulation. No need to be so grand about it, just call me ‘Lilith.'”

Hehe.

“You support love?”

“Yes. I support all forms of love. The more intertwined with lust, the better.”

The woman with dark blue hair removed her hood.

“You…?!”

“You love the Sorceress, don’t you?”

On the woman who called herself Lilith, horns like those of a sheep adorned her head.

“I will make that love come true.”

“What nonsense…?”

“Don’t you want a Sorceress just for yourself? Not a fake, not a clone, but the real Sorceress.”

“That’s…?”

“I’ll help you steal the Sorceress from the Hero. While Hero Lucius is holed up with those other women making children, you and the Sorceress will have your Cesarcross.”

“…….”

I should refuse.

I need to chase her away and immediately slice her with the holy spear.

“Be honest. Don’t deny your feelings. Shatter the social prejudices that say a man and a woman shouldn’t mix, and act on your heart’s desire.”

“My… desire…?”

“Yes. Long-standing social rules have oppressed you, but now you have your freedom. You’re a Hero, right? No one can speak carelessly to a Hero.”

For some reason, Liriez began to become entranced by Lilith’s voice.

“You want the Sorceress, right?”

“…….”

“The Sorceress can surely change into a man’s form, right? Externally, she can live as a man, but only when alone with you, she shows her original female form. A very special appearance displayed only before Liriez. Thus… she becomes Bel Cesarcross. Hehehe.”

“…….”

Gulp.

Liriez couldn’t push away Lilith as she approached her.

“You’ll have the Sorceress not as Lucius’s but as Liriez’s Sorceress.”

If there were a devil’s whisper, this would be it.

“Netori Hypnosis.”

As Lilith drew a spiraling pattern with her finger, Liriez’s vision gradually began to blur.

“I will show you. The Illusionary Pleasure Show. Yes, that would suit you. A dream where you and Sorceress Bel are together… in a bed made of a massive lily shell, closing the lid in darkness and Cesarcrossing.”

“Ah, ahh…!”

“Sweet dreams. If you entrust everything to me, I will fulfill your wish. When you open your eyes…”

Lilith whispered into Liriez’s ear with a lewd smile.

“There will be the fully bound Sorceress presented as a gift before you.”

Gray mist began to envelop Liriez’s face.