The battle ended in an instant.
In the end, all that remained in Crimson Demon Village, which had become a battlefield, were the shattered mask, Sylvia's lifeless corpse, and countless horrifying slash marks covering the entire ground.
By the time the Crimson Demon Clan members eagerly rushed back, their faces full of excitement as they wanted to meet the Black Knight, the Black Knight had naturally already vanished.
The Crimson Demon Clan's Great Mages could only begin cleaning up the aftermath together, their faces filled with regret and disappointment.
More specifically, they used advanced water-element magic to extinguish the blazing Crimson Demon Village, then gathered Vanir and Sylvia's remains.
According to those Great Mages, Vanir's mask had been made from rare materials and even contained Dragon Bone, making it useful as material for crafting rare items. Sylvia's body, which had been integrated with many things including the Magician Killer, could also be used to make equipment with high magic resistance. Every bit of it was valuable.
Even though Crimson Demon Village had suffered what could be called devastating damage, the Crimson Demon Clan's Great Mages instead felt that they had come out ahead.
There were two reasons why they considered it worthwhile.
"If we could see the Black Knight one more time, we'd pay any price!"
That was the first reason.
And the second reason was...
"Anyway, the village will be rebuilt soon enough."
After making that remark so casually, the Clan Leader began assigning work to the village's Great Mages.
Fang Li stood beside the Clan Leader, watching the reconstruction effort before him as the corner of his eye kept twitching.
"Ahhh... the Black Knight really was unbelievably cool..."
"Facing two big shots from the Demon Lord's Army, he took them down with just a few slashes."
"And did