As expected, Lilith blocked the sword with her scaly body parts, and the crack in the sword's body became larger under the reaction force.

Pedro was shocked, and in order to prevent further damage, he quickly withdrew the magic sword and put it into the spatial crack.

"Emir, you probably don't know yet, once this guy's magic sword is destroyed, he himself will die." Margaret explained.

“…… What? ”

The emir was surprised, he had already known this, so he would have found a way to directly make the magic sword collapse.

At first, he just thought that damaging Pedro's magic sword could deal a major blow to this guy.

Just now, it was because Margaret couldn't hold it anymore, and he didn't want to let go of the opportunity for the magic sword to be controlled, so he decided to implement this strategy.

Now, Pedro knows that he has lost his advantage, but even without the magic sword, his own strength is quite strong.

Lydia and Daniel also knew that their sword skills would not be of much use, and now they could only rely on the enhanced Margaret, but they did not know the side effects of the so-called killer feature.

"Margaret, please."

"Well, you guys take cover at all times."

Margaret said, putting on a new shield on herself again, and approached Pedro.

This kind of defensive magic didn't require a wand, because she had expected such a day, so she drew a magic array on her body, and when she used it, she only needed to inject magic power at any time.

Magic Missiles, on the other hand, must use the gems on the wand as a launch pad.

After Margaret was strengthened, both her magic and physical functions became extremely powerful.

Pedro could also feel the huge mana fluctuations on her body, and he quickly released countless small fireballs that continued to weaken her shield.

At the same time, he did not spare the rest of the people, and a part of the fireball attacked the Emir and Lydia siblings.

"Tsk, that's a nuisance."

Emir was worried about this, and he didn't know how to hide for a while, but Lilith suddenly told him.

"I don't know what that little fireball is, but since it's fire, I'd like to see if I can swallow it."

“…… How can this be done, you can't put yourself at risk. The emir thought for a moment and refused her request.

"But do we have any other way now?"

Of course, Emir knew the current situation, but it was the case, Lilith was his last resort, how could he put her in danger?

However, while he was still hesitating, Lilith swallowed the fireball that floated by.

After a while, there was really nothing going on, and she even hiccuped.

Emir was directly stunned, but he didn't expect Lilith to really be immune to Pedro's flames, so he was relieved and asked Lilith to hurry up and help the others.

Soon, all the fireballs released by Pedro were swallowed into her stomach.

"Cut, damn dragon." Pedro cursed.

At this time, Margaret rushed towards him and hit him directly on the armor with a straight punch, and Pedro couldn't react and took the punch hard.

As a result, his armor made a louder scream, and he could even feel the cold rustling of a piece of plate armor behind him, and there was no doubt that the armor was broken.

This reminded him of the first time he was defeated five hundred years ago, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

He immediately stepped back, trying to get as far away from Margaret as possible, but he didn't expect that the other party's speed was obviously surpassing him, and he actually stuck to it directly.

Pedro was shocked and quickly released his magic, and his form disappeared in an instant.

However, this could not escape Margaret's magical sense, and she took a step to her side and punched her fist in the air.

This punch of great power, carried by a strong wind, slammed an object.

Pedro had to show himself, and at the same time, his internal organs were shaken to the core, perhaps the internal organs were ruptured, and he couldn't help but spit out a large mouthful of blood, even flowing out from under his helmet.

“…… Damn! ”

Pedro yelled unwillingly, he focused all his energy on his self-healing ability, and recovered almost instantly, but the humiliation he suffered in his heart could never be erased.

This kind of attack directly stunned the emir and the others, and they had the impression that the magicians were all fighting with wands, but this became close hand-to-hand combat.

At this time, Margaret had no strength to explain, although she had driven Pedro to the point of despair, her body was suffering greatly, and fortunately she was able to continue to unleash healing magic on herself.

But this didn't last long, and in the end, the physical load would be completely beyond her capacity, so she wanted to solve it quickly.

"Just kill this guy as soon as possible, and then Lord Lydia will be safe."

Margaret had only this thought in her mind, so she continued to chase Pedro.

At this time, Pedro was completely unable to parry, and the flames released would be swallowed by Lilith, and the magic of transposition was meaningless in front of Margaret, and the proud armor could not hold up.

The only thing he can rely on now is his strong self-healing ability, but the pain when he was injured is real.

Of course, if he couldn't even endure this pain, he would be ashamed to be a dark knight.

He dodged the attack while thinking about how to solve the dilemma of the moment, and then, he inadvertently discovered something through his magical perception.

That is, the level of magic in Margaret's body is constantly rising, although he knows that the other party has pinched the gems into powder and swallowed them, but he knows no more that the magic power of those gems does not add up to such a high level as it is now.

Pedro could only think of one possibility, Margaret must have used some kind of forbidden spell to keep the magic power growing in the magic circuits in her body.

He had heard that such a forbidden technique undoubtedly had a side effect, that is, there was no upper limit to the magic power enhanced in this way, and over time, it would definitely eventually exceed the body's capacity.

As soon as he thought of this, Pedro was relieved, it seemed that he would not be defeated by humans a second time.

So, he decided to wait for time and focus more on dodging attacks.

……

After a long time, Margaret's slightly tired state was seen by Lydia, but Pedro, although he was once weak, showed no signs of exhaustion.

This reminded her of the situation she had encountered on the battlefield before, and she was also constantly drained by those monsters.

"Hmph, you really deserve to be the commander of the demons, and the offensive strategy of the demons before was what you came up with."

Thinking so, Lydia hurried over to tell Emir about it.

Now that Margaret has dominated the battlefield, the other three have not intervened, so they have a chance to think about the next countermeasures.

Under Lydia's reminder, Emir also saw that he had seen Margaret swallow the magical gem powder, and he wondered if there would be any side effects.

Now it seems that Margaret is completely out of shape, and while she is launching a swift and powerful attack on Pedro, she is frowning and her eyes are lost, which is definitely not a good sign.

The emir thought for a moment and proposed to Lydia.

"Your sword skills should be able to hit that guy, I want you to cover Margaret and then ask Lilith to get her back."

"Well, long-range attacks aren't afraid of the heat of his armor, but without Margaret's help, can we really defeat him?" Lydia said worriedly.

“…… It's okay, I'll figure it out," the emir looked serious, "but no, let's abandon the city and retreat, anyway, the people have left the town." ”

"That's good."

Lydia nodded, and immediately began to charge up, quickly unleashing her sword skills.

That sword aura was completely incomparable to that made by the magic sword, so Pedro didn't take it to heart, and even if he was hit, he wasn't afraid.

However, as Lydia's sword skills hit his armor, his whole body was shaken, and the damage to the armor seemed to become even greater.

He screamed that something was wrong and immediately retreated, and Margaret was about to pursue, but the communication device on her waist reacted again.

"Margaret, come back, you're tired, leave it to us next." Emir said over there.

However, she only turned to look at Emir, shook her head, and continued to pursue Pedro.

The emir had no idea that she would do this, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong, and he made up his mind to bring her back.

"Lilith, go get Margaret back."

"But what do you do?"

Lilith worries that the Emir will not be protected, after all, her first priority is to protect her master's safety.

"It's okay, the biggest threat here is Pedro, but he's at a disadvantage, isn't he?"

“…… All right. ”

Lilith hesitated, but agreed, and then she mustered all her strength and ran towards Margaret.

Originally, at Margaret's current speed, no one here could catch up, but luckily she had stopped and fought Pedro.

Lilith hurriedly took advantage of her inattention, picked her up and ran back.

"Hey, Lilith, let me go, or it'll be too late." Margaret screamed in frustration.

Naturally, the emir heard her words, and for a moment he couldn't figure out what was too late.

On the other side, Lydia replaced Margaret and fought Pedro, and Daniel also rushed forward to protect his sister.

Because Pedro's flames were completely suppressed by Lilith, and his armor could not melt the sword forged by the emir, the Lydia siblings could rest assured that they would deal with him.

At this time, Pedro couldn't understand Emir's purpose, obviously relying on Margaret to suppress him, even if he couldn't tell the winner, it was better than being unilaterally tortured by him.

But after thinking about it carefully, he finally understood that humans were different from demons, and Emir would not let Margaret be eaten by forbidden arts.

For demons, the combat mission is above all else, and sometimes when they encounter situations that require the sacrifice of their companions, they will not hesitate to make a decision, but humans are different, even at the risk of failure, they have to consider the safety of their companions.

Lilith placed Margaret on the ground, and Emir hurried over.

"How are you?"

“…… Ahem, what's the matter, what are you doing, I could have beaten that guy just now. Margaret complained to him, but her eyes were dodging.

"Don't lie to me," Emir looked her in the eye, "You made it clear to me, is there a side effect of this body-strengthening magic?" ”

"Tsk," Margaret smacked her lips impatiently, and then told the truth, "yes, but what does that matter to you, I just want to save Lord Lydia, don't you get in my way?" ”

Emir had already seen through her, so he said, "You should know very well that Lydia will not be happy about this, and what you do will only make her feel more guilty. ”

"Cut, what do you know, you don't even have a loved one, how can you understand my feelings."

Margaret said dismissively that she realized that she was getting more and more irritable, but she was powerless to change either, and the only thing she could do now was to hurry up and defeat Pedro.

"Hehe, is this what you call love?" The emir directly pierced her, "This is just your wishful thinking, self-satisfaction, do you think Lydia wants this kind of ending?" It is true that you are doing her good, but this kind of dedication that never considers whether the other party needs it is simply self-moving. ”

"......" Margaret was speechless, she chose to give up on herself, "Don't talk to me about this, I warn you, don't stop me, or don't blame me for turning my face." ”

However, as soon as she tried to return to the battlefield, Lilith grabbed her and put her back in front of the Emir.

Unexpectedly, she really moved her character this time, raised her fist and smashed it at Emir, but was immediately blocked by Lilith who flashed.

However, this seemingly inadvertent punch was very heavy, and it actually shook Lilith's body through the dragon scales.

Emir didn't expect her to be so reckless, but in order to save her life and prevent her from continuing to do the stupid thing of injuring 800 enemies but losing 1,000 to herself, he immediately used the magic circle on the ring to take Margaret in.

Although next, without Margaret's power, they could not compete with Pedro at all, but as Emir just said, the people of the town have left anyway, and they can retreat at any time.

However, Pedro had already noticed the conversation between Emir and Margaret, and he directly released the magic of Shapeshifting, transferring his body behind Emile.

Then he struck Emir in the back of the neck with a knife that Lilith had no time to react.

"Hehe, you're dead." Pedro smiled as he had triumphed.