Chapter 46 – 5-Ecliptic (7)
The auction ended with my victory.
The demons didn’t ask for more than 500 gold, either because they didn’t have enough money or because they knew who I was and just gave up.
The gazes around me as if I were looking at a strange person were stuck in me, but now I was focusing all my attention on the demon.
After purchasing an unknown black stone, I went to the front of the stage, paid the money, and came down with the stone.
I heard a sound as I took the stone and came down from the stage.
“It was indeed a great momentum. Boy, but that stone is a must for us… My name is Grandel. I’ll go get the Demon King’s Stone later.”
After demonstrating the technique of controlling mana and conveying his voice to the desired opponent, he quickly left the auction house.
It was him who covered her whole body with a robe, but I thought she might be wearing her warlike smile.
“Ha… Haha… It’s really getting more and more fun!”
I walked towards the party with a happy smile as I watched the back of the demon slowly moving away.
And I saw what the demons called the demon king’s stone.
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Name: Devil’s Stone
Attribute: Demon Lord, Demon
Effect: When absorbing this stone, the demon king can achieve tremendous functional improvement and can enter the human world beyond the dimension.
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“Hey… It’s a power-up item.”
I put the stone in my pocket while watching the effect of the demon lord’s stone instead of the skill.
I don’t need it anyway, and if I feed Darkness, it will only interfere when I feed the World Tree later.
That’s why it’s perfect to use it as a material to lure demons.
I arrived at the side of the party who called me thinking so.
I don’t know what will happen next, but at least it won’t be boring.
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“Devil… Is it the church…”
The second princess, Bubble Latio Asuka, dressed in a black dress with her black long hair fluttering, frowned as she read her document.
Even though her pretty face was frowning, she showed off her beauty.
However, the document in her hand was crumpled.
In the document she read, there was a story about Caterte, a group that believed in demons, and the Demon Church, a group that believed in demons that suddenly appeared.
“Certainly, there was no such thing as a demon cult before the return… No, no, because Artel-sama and I have already changed, this world has changed from before the return, and even before the return, there was a demon cult, but it’s fair to say that we couldn’t find it.”
She put on a puzzled look at the sudden appearance of a group called the Demon Church, but she calmly regained her composure.
Anyway, from the day she experienced regression, she had always thought that the future would change.
Her own purpose is also to change her original future, so there is no need to panic when a demonic group appears.
If necessary, you could summon a warrior, use it, and throw it away.
The power of a warrior can be truly exerted when all 10 companions of a warrior determined by heaven are gathered.
However, Senia and Anel were already in the hands of Master Artel, and now Artel should be able to capture ‘that woman’ in the academy as well.
Besides, her damn sister and Bernage were already on Artel-sama’s side, so to speak.
“If that’s the case, there will be only 5 women left who can join the hero! The Queen of the Elves, the strongest female warrior of the sub-species, the foolish and sick noblewoman, the drowning saintess who fell into an ideal, and the Lillit Belly of the Lillit family…”
And she knew
It means that Artel is strong.
Over the years she has gone through many crises to defend her empire, she has been able to see through the momentum of her opponents and her abilities, thanks to which she can feel Artel’s tremendous power.
“Although I can feel Artell’s momentum, it’s on par with her sister… No, it’s more than that. Besides, if you include me, you can execute a hero in case of emergency.”
Of course, she doesn’t want to kill her warrior-like manpower recklessly, but if her opponent comes out as careless as before the return, she has no choice but to cut her throat.
Thinking so, she read the report summarizing the results of the decisive battle between Caterte, Lagros, the underground organization she created, and the Demon Church.
“Among the 44 demons, the ones that have descended now are the 20th, with the 10th ranked Terui at the head…”
Naturally, there are legends about demons in this world too.
It is an ancient record written long ago, even before the birth of the first hero.
And as she read the ancient records, she remembered a site she had visited before her return.
She had a special experience with the warriors at the ruins where the ghosts of the ancient characters and demon hunters were written on the ruins that were caught up in by the warriors.
“When the sky turned dark and the sun covered the whole world black, 44 demons appeared. This was the curse of this world.”
As if singing her song, she wrote down her notes as she read them.
Currently, the charter is in a situation where Lagros is slowly being pushed back, bringing in elves and sub-race slaves to train them, and hiring priests who got tired of the church and left to fight back.
However, even so, the reality of being pushed by the Devil Church could not be prevented.
That’s why she needed the power of a demon hunter.
“That’s why I created an army to stop the demons using the noble stones that were born in the beginning. My descendants, if demons ever again appear in this world, I will leave all of this to you.”
After writing down all the stories of the ruins she saw, she prepared for transmission with her magic.
“The location should go to the ruins in the Ancient Mountains. Of course, the spirits will be active now and we will be able to block it, but in the end we will be pushed back, because our enemies also have Caterte.”
She remembers the location of the ruins, but even if she went there now, it’s useless. Currently, the spirits don’t like the demons, so they voluntarily come forward, so she maintains the front line evenly.
However, considering the future inundation of demonic beasts and the decisive battle with Caterte, it is not enough for now.
Therefore, unite with sub-races and elves to increase the number of soldiers
“Either subdue the two to increase our strength… We have to do one of the two…”
Of course, there are many risks to doing these right now.
But 4 years… Within four years, the frontline will be maintained only if the elves and subhumans are subdued or the alliance succeeds.
So her troubles deepened.
She had a hunch that the Demonic Church and Caterte, a group of demons that were created around 44 demons, were mountains she had to climb, and that many difficulties would follow in order to overcome them.
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Thump
In the darkest underground cave, only one footstep sounded calmly.
“Shine Artel… Shine Artel… I never thought there would be a genius of that level among humans… It sounds like it would be really interesting.”
She had her whole body wrapped tightly in a robe.
She took off her robe, which covered her entire body as if she were hiding herself from the world, and the first thing revealed was her blazing golden eyes.
Those eyes, reminiscent of her sun, radiated energy as if they were blazing.
Also, the red armor on her lower part and the red greatsword on her back showed that she was an unusually strong person.
“Even if I’ve come here and seen a human with the potential to grow up to face me, I never thought there would be someone strong enough to fight me right now.
She smiled warlikely, and heat radiated from her tail and the slick, scaly green skin of her arms and legs.
“Aaaaa of a sorry way. If that boy accepts, I’d like to take him to the demon realm, but there’s no way the heir of a family competing for supremacy in the human world will accept this proposal.”
Her piercing eyes steadied their spirits in amusement, and the corners of his mouth lifted into a smile.
The air in the underground cave began to heat up with the heat radiating from her skin.
She was already looking forward to the battle with Shine Artel.
She was looking forward to a desperate fight between warriors and fighters risking each other’s lives.
The spirit of her smiling like that was sharpening.
And her momentum was subdued by someone at once.
“Hehe… I’m looking forward to seeing you as a human that Grandel expects so much of. I can’t believe there is a human that Grandel, the Fourth Heavenly King, expects!”
At the sudden cute voice, Grandel turned her head.
And there was darkness.
There was a thick darkness there, as if the shadow materialized the darkness, and it made me feel ominous and nauseated just by looking at it.
And while looking at the darkness, Grendel said.
“Did you fall over too, Parsi?”
At Grendel’s words, a change occurred in the darkness.
The darkness began to gather in one place as if it was shaking, and before long a change took place.
The darkness came together like dough and gradually took on a human form, and then a girl appeared.
A girl appeared, about 150 cm tall, with flowing blonde hair and sinister cold red eyes.
“It’s been a while. Grandel!”
The girl smiled brightly and greeted the girl named Grandel.
There was something very sinister in the girl’s innocent eyes.
In response, Grandel grimaced at her and tried to say something, but the girl hit her head first and she said.
“This is a message from King Grendel. He tells us to assemble all the 4 heavenly kings right now. Ah! Of course I am.
The girl who spoke of her teasingly or proudly said slyly as she glared at herself strongly.
“Then I’ll go see the boy Grandel was expecting.”
At the girl’s words, Grendel took the sword from his back, but the girl disappeared before he did.
As if it never existed in the first place.
